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New India to pass on maximum benefit of 18% GST exemption to retail Health Insurance customers
``As India’s most trusted insurance partner, New India Assurance...
18% GST on re/insurance premiums of retail Life and Health covers removed from Sept 22, insurers have to pass on benefits to customers: Sitharaman
``We have decided to remove 18 per cent GST from all individual...
Medication errors key challenge to patient safety in hospitals, says study
According to the study findings, around 58 per cent of the nurses reported feeling pressured to compromise patient safety over the efficiency of hospitals while 35 per cent of them complained of inadequate staff, and 32 per cent acknowledged poor patient safety...
IRDAI asks insurers to keep their branches open on Mar 30- 31
`Insurers may take note of the above and give adequate publicity to the special arrangement made as above,'' said the IRDAI on Thursday Hyderabad: Like its banking counterpart Reserve Bank of India(RBI), insurance regulator IRDAI has also asked insurers to keep their...
Higher burden of breast cancer in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Delhi: ICMR study
According to the projections, the burden of female breast cancer in India in 2025 is expected to be 5.6 million DALYs. Premature deaths due to breast cancer (YLLs) would contribute 5.3 million DALYs to the total burden, with the remaining due to disability (YLDs). New...
Centre issues guidelines to states, UTs on preventing hospital fires during summer months
As temperatures escalate during the summer months, hospital fires become a significant threat, the advisory said New Delhi: With temperatures rising, the Centre on Saturday directed states and Union territories to ensure that all hospitals within their jurisdiction...
US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time
"I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive," said Slayman, a systems manager for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it's...
Regulatory Revamp: IRDAI approves Bima Sugam, unveils 8 new principle-based consolidated regulations
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI These new regulations encompass pivotal domains such as safeguarding of policyholders' interests, rural and social sector responsibilities, electronic insurance marketplace(Bima Sugam), insurance products and operation of foreign...
V Jagannathan’s new health insurance venture `Galaxy Health’ receives IRDAI nod
V. Jagannathan Galaxy Health and Allied Insurance Company is a joint venture between V Jagannathan's family, who had earlier the founded Star Health Company and TVS group. Former Star Health CEO Dr S Prakash has also joined the new venture as a CEO. Hyderabad: Galaxy...
UN climate report: Doctors warn of rise in heat-related health risks
Climate change poses significant health risks, particularly in the realm of respiratory health. Climate change exacerbates air pollution, which worsens conditions of people who already have respiratory ailments like asthma, pneumonia, lung cancer, etc,” Dr Vikas...
GIC Re provides CSR funds for key rural development project in Maharashtra
L to R- N Ramaswamy, CMD, GIC Re, Praveen Pardeshi, CEO,Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA),Eknath Shindhe, Chief Minister, Maharashtra and Ajit Pawar, Dy Chief minister, Maharashtra, at an occasion in Mumbai to hand over GIC Re's cheque of over Rs...
Health and safety overtaking cyber as top risk for APAC directors and officers: WTW survey
“The responsibilities incumbent upon directors and officers in APAC continue to evolve and become more nuanced, with aspects, such as employee safety, ESG-related obligations and cybersecurity-related pressures to be cognisant of. All set with a backdrop of...