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Dengue suspected of killing dozens as Indian state suffers worst outbreak in years
A government official said on the condition of anonymity that many children may have died as their poor parents first took them to fake medical practitioners, or quacks, before their condition worsened.
India logs 25,404 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated the people of the country as India’s vaccination coverage crossed the 75 crore mark on Monday.
To reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR, Centre releases Rs 496 crore for in-situ management of crop residue
Addressing the media here, Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary of Union Ministry of Agriculture informed that the Centre released Rs 496 crore for four state–Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab to subsidize machinery required in-situ management of crop residue during 2021-22.
IRDAI’s move to risk policyholder’s data privacy, create data monopoly: Experts
While it is understandable that insurers have to share policyholder information with authorities/agencies specified by law or due to operation of law, experts question the need to share the same with IIB.
“Insurers can share the generic data relating to premium, claims — genuine and fraud — and other commercial aspects with IIB so that it can prepare its analytical reports for the industry to use. But why should policyholder information be shared with IIB,” wonders an industry official preferring anonymity.
Madras HC withdraws its order on `mandatory bumper-to-bumper cover’ for new vehicles
“it would appear that the order, mandating the coverage of bumper to bumper policy may not be logistically and economically feasible for effective implementation in the present legal dispensation.Considering the overall submissions made by the parties and and taking into account the concern of the IRDAI, this court feels that the direction issued earlier on making bumper to bumper cover for new vehicles may not be conducive and suitable for implementation in the current situation. Therefore the said direction in is hereby withdrawn for the present,” said Justice S Vaidyanathan, who had issue earlier verdict.
Insurtech: HDFC Life to identify innovative startups
Encouraged by the success of the last three phases, HDFC Life and IvyCamp announced a fourth phase for the program. In the third phase, Futurance scouted startups across the blockchain applications, virtual reality, non-invasive medical innovation and Insta agent.
India Post Payments Bank partners with Tata AIG Gen & Bajaj Allianz Gen for distributing insurance products
As part of the alliances with both the partners, IPPB will strive to make available affordable insurance products through its robust network of 650 branches and over 136,000 banking access points to citizens at large.
Nearly 200,000 postal service providers (Gramin Dak Sevaks and postmen) who are equipped with micro-ATMs and biometric devices will play an important role in distribution and promotion of these insurance products, focussing especially on unbanked and underserved customers at the last mile.
India reports 27,254 new COVID-19 cases
Meanwhile, in the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, 74,38,37,643 vaccine doses have been administered to eligible beneficiaries, out of which 53,38,945 doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
BBB invites bids for conducting background verification of candidates
The firm will prepare a candidate verification report for every aspirant to provide the necessary inputs to the BBB members before the interactions of the individual personages with the bureau, according to a public notice issued to invite bids.
”A bidder will be selected under the Quality cum Cost Based System method (QCBS) with weightages of 80:20 (80 per cent for technical proposal and 20 per cent for financial proposal) and as per procedures described in this RFP,” it said.
SpiceJet settles with Boeing MAX aircraft lessor CDB Aviation
In August, India’s air safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, said it cleared 737 MAX aircraft to fly with immediate effect, after nearly two-and-a-half years of regulatory grounding.
SpiceJet said in August it expected the grounded 737 MAX jets in its fleet to return to service at the end of September after a settlement with lessor Avolon on leases of the aircraft.