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Amid confusion over WHO report Centre asks scientists to study if areca nut is non-carcinogenic
"A WHO report has created some confusion regarding the areca nuts...
Star Health insures 30 lakh sr citizens, settles over Rs 11,500 cr worth of claims in past 18 yrs
Star Health company has insured 30 lakh active senior citizens and...
More Indian women are buying life insurance policies: IRDAI Report
The number of life insurance policies issued to women in the year 2021-22 is around 1.01 crore which is 34.7 per cent of 2.91 crore total policies as against a share of 33 per cent in 2020-21 There is a need for life insurers to recognize the growing significance of...
General insurers likely to end FY 2022-23 with a total prm of over Rs 2.5 trn, Pvt sector players’ market share exceed 60%
Twenty multiline private sector general insurers led by ICICI Lombard General Insurance, have maintained a formidable lead over the four PSU general insurers by recording a total premium of Rs 1,19,561.38 crore, a y-o-y growth of 21 per cent and have already...
Delhi HC asks consortium for rare diseases to give recommendations on funding of clinical trials
The consortium shall consider the age of children whose lives may be completely curtailed if treatment is not commenced and the expenses, which may be incurred for providing the medicines, it said The consortium shall deal with the possibility and feasibility of...
PM Modi chairs high-level meet to review preparedness for hot weather conditions this summer
PM was also briefed about disasters related to heat, mitigation measures and preparedness of medical infrastructure, the PMO said New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review preparedness for the hot weather conditions during...
IRDAI now wants `Insurance for all’ by 2027, legal drive to expand nationwide motor TP cover to begin soon
Debasish Panda, chaIrman, IRDAI Armed wIth specific data from Vahan, a tech platform designed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as a repository a of all the registered vehicles in the country, and Insurance Information Bureau(IIB) , which has data of all...
Uzbek cough syrup deaths: Process underway to cancel license of Marion Biotech, says official
Marion Biotech had come under the scanner in December over reports of the children’s death in Uzbekistan after which India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) initiated a probe into the matter and found 22 out of 36 samples “not of standard quality”...
Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres scheme cannot be converted by states: Health Minister Mandaviya
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ''Health and Wellness Centres scheme cannot be converted. If any state does not want to adopt it, it can stop it, that is one issue. But it cannot be converted,'' Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed Patiala: Health Minister...
India’s per capita income doubles since 2014-15
As per the National Statistical Office (NSO), the annual per capita (net national income) at current prices is estimated at Rs 1,72,000 in 2022-23, up from Rs 86,647 in 2014-15, suggesting an increase of about 99 per cent In real terms (constant prices), the per...
Govt not in ‘crazy rush’ to sell everything: FM Sitharaman on privatisation
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Two years ago , the government had said it would privatise some PSU banks and one PSU insurance company but it seems they are no more government priorities now. The focus of the strategic disinvestment process in the coming year...
Influenza a subtype causing cough, fever, ICMR experts say
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), on the other hand, has advised against indiscriminate use of antibiotics amid rising cases of cough, cold and nausea across the country New Delhi: A persistent cough, sometimes accompanied by fever, running through India for the...