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Ajay Seth takes over as new IRDAI chairman
Ajay Seth, chairman, IRDAI Analysts expect Seth to hit the ground...
India making major strides towards self-reliance in high end medical devices: Govt
Amit Agrawal, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Amit...
Crippling heat wave in India peaks at 50 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan’s Phalodi
The punishing heat in India is straining power grids and drying up water bodies, triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. According to the Central Water Commission, water storage in 150 major reservoirs in India plunged to its lowest level in five...
Health ministry shares tips for heat safety measures at workplace
Exposure to extreme heat can affect health, ranging from rashes to serious and potentially fatal health problems such as heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Headache, feeling dizzy, dehydration, and breathing problems are the common symptoms of heat-related illness, said...
Ayush ministry’s event on Monday for linking Ayush hospitals with insurance industry
The program will discuss the regulatory framework and policy support needed to mainstream Ayush treatments in health insurance schemes and facilitate a dialogue between key stakeholders to address both challenges and opportunities. NEW DELHI: The Ayush ministry will...
WHO members hope to conclude global pandemic agreement next week
Negotiations are ongoing for two complementary deals that could be formalised at the May 27-June 1 meeting: an update to existing health rules on outbreaks and a new legally-binding treaty to shore up the world's defences against future pathogens after the COVID-19...
Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life
"History is repeating, as the tobacco industry tries to sell the same nicotine to our children in different packaging.These industries are actively targeting schools, children and young people with new products that are essentially a candy-flavoured trap. How can they...
COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy: WHO
Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years (back to the level of 2012). Similarly, global healthy life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years to 61.9 years in 2021 (back to the level of 2012) Geneva: The latest edition of the World...
Kerala flood: Heavy rains wreak havoc, 11 dead
Revenue Minister K Rajan today said parts of Kerala received over 20 cm of rain in the last 24 hours and added that a total of 11 people have lost their lives in the state in various recent rain-related incidents Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rains continue to lash Kerala...
New India doubles its net profit to Rs 354 cr in Q4FY24
Titus Francis, executive director, NIA "NIA has delivered excellent results in FY24, despite adverse impact of several catastrophic claims during the year. It has recorded a 128 per cent growth in its net profit in Q4. On individual lines, Motor third party loss ratio...
290 cases of COVID-19 variant KP.2, 34 cases of KP.1 detected in India: INSACOG data
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed that 34 cases of KP.1 have been found across seven states and UTs with 23 cases registered from West Bengal New Delhi: As many as 290 cases of KP.2 and 34 cases of KP.1, both sub-lineages of...
Health Compass launches new technology for brokers eyeing individual international private medical insurance business
Technology will enable a brokers’ ability to deliver an international medical insurance quotation via a white-labelled, whole of market solution London: InsurTech for the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, Health Compass, today announced the launch...