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IRDA chairman asks insurers to pass on full benefits of zero GST to customers
Ajay Seth,chairman,IRDAI Seth asked the insurers to strengthen and...
Climate change may up health risks, exceed $1.5 trn productivity loss by 2050: Report
“We are entering an era in which protecting worker health is...
ACKO launches ambulance-booking feature on App
In partnership with Red Health, ACKO, the tech-first insurer, has added a unique feature of booking an ambulance on its mobile app. The feature is currently available in Bangalore, and will go live in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata in coming weeks. The...
Hinduja group’s IIHL to revive health insurance company after acquiring Reliance Capital
Ashok Hinduja, chairman, IndusInd International Holdings IIHL has received clearance from Sebi, CCI (Competition Commission of India) and RBI and is awaiting the green signal from insurance sector regulator IRDAI for the Reliance Capital acquisition Mumbai: Apart from...
Stringent norms adopted for max pesticide residue limit in food items: Govt
"Some media reports are claiming that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) allows 10 times more pesticide residue in herbs and spices. Such reports are false and malicious. India has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Limits...
Orangutan’s use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
"To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of active wound treatment with a plant species with medical properties by a wild animal," said study senior author Caroline Schuppli, an evolutionary biologist at the institute In June 2022, a male Sumatran...
Developing Asia and the Pacific failed to secure well-being of aging population: ADB report
``Governments need to prepare now if they’re going to be able to help hundreds of millions of people in the region age well. Policies should support lifetime investment in health, education, skills, and financial preparedness for retirement. Family and social ties are...
Oral cancer costs India $5.6 Billion in lost productivity in 2022: Tata Memorial Centre
India contributes two-thirds of the global mortality due to oral cancer and has a younger population at risk, said the study, which analysed how the disease affected 100 patients treated between 2019 and 2020 with a follow-up of 36 months Mumbai: A study by the Tata...
India must expand Universal Health Coverage for ageing population, maintain economic growth: ADB Report
While the South Korea and Thailand have achieved universal health coverage, others lag behind with India having the lowest health insurance coverage among older people at 21 per cent, a report titled 'Aging Well In Asia' prepared by ADB said Tbilisi:India is one of...
Global microinsurance premiums touch $5.8 billion in 2023, cover only 15% of market: Report
The 2023 Study, drawing on from 294 insurers covering 1,040 products across diverse sectors, including health, life, agriculture, and property, estimates the value of the microinsurance market across 36 countries at USD 41.4 billion. With only 15 per cent of that...
Gender differences in mortality outcomes from fatal and non-fatal events in 2021: Lancet Study
Women around the world were also found to be disproportionately impacted by mental health conditions. Life years lost to depressive disorders were found to be over a third higher among women than men. The widest sex-based gaps affecting women were observed in...
Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability
"Healthcare is expensive to run. We were finding that the increased labor and operating costs environment, like with reimbursement, both public and private, made it difficult (to run the business) and obvious we had to close," Walmart spokeswoman Marilee McInnis told...