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Over 11.8 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 vaccinated so far in Phase-3: Health Ministry
The ministry said 16,49,73,058 vaccine doses have been administered through 24,11,300 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today and more than 23 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours. As on Day-111 of the vaccination drive (May 6, 2021), 23,70,298 vaccine doses were given. Across 18,938 sessions, 10,60,064 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 13,10,234 beneficiaries received their 2nd dose of vaccine.
LIC relaxes claim settlement requirements
To facilitate speedy settlement of death claims in the prevailing situation where death has occurred in a hospital, in lieu of Municipal Death Certificates, the corporation has allowed alternate proofs of death such as: Death certificate, Discharge summary/Death summary containing clear date and time of death issued by Govt/ESI/Armed Forces/Corporate Hospitals and counter-signed by LIC class I officers or Development Officers of 10 years standing alongwith Cremation/Burial certificate or authentic identifying receipt issued by the relevant authority.
Indian airlines risk consolidation, plane repossessions amid COVID-19 surge
CAPA expects 250-300 planes to be grounded in the first half of the current fiscal year, while lessors may not be as patient as last year in allowing delayed repayments now air travel is resuming in places such as the United States and China.
Surging India virus cases may derail recovery but ratings outlook stable-S&P
“Our downside scenarios suggest a less robust recovery in government revenues, and the severe downside scenario may entail additional fiscal spending,” they added.
The agency, however, said it still expects the economy to expand for the year as a whole, even though it said there are downside risks to its current baseline projection of 11% growth.
It expects growth to fall to 9.8% under its moderate scenario and to 8.2% under the severe scenario based on when the current infection wave peaks.
RBI’s Rs 50K cr liquidity facility can augment hospital bed capacity by 20%: Crisil
”Increased availability of funds at low cost will incentivise hospitals to augment beds, oxygen storage, ICUs and critical medical equipment,” its chief ratings officer Subodh Rai said.
If half of the Rs 50,000 crore window is utilised by augmenting hospital beds, the number of beds will go up by 15-20 per cent of the current capacity, he added.
Life insurers’ new business premium up 45% at Rs 9,739 cr in Apr
All 24 life insurers had collected Rs 6,727.74 crore as new business premium during the same month a year ago.
The largest insurer, state-owned LIC posted 35.6 per cent rise in the first year premium or new business premium at Rs 4,856.76 crore in April 2021, as against Rs 3,581.65 crore in the year-ago month, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said.
BBB selects Mini and Pattanaik as MDs of LIC
Mini will be succeeeding Vipin Anand,MD, who will be retiring in July end while Pattanaik will joining in place of Mukesh Gupta, who will be calling it a day in September end.
BBB selects Gupta and Singh for heading National Insurance and United India
“The Board of the Bureau headed by BP Sharma interfaced with eight candidates on Friday for the forthcoming CMD positions in NIC and UII and keeping in view their performance in the interface and their overall experience, Gupta and Singh have been selected for the two posts,” said BBB on Friday late evening.
Chamoli cloud burst: Situation under control now, report of damage being compiled, says official
District Magistrate Swati Bhadoria had informed that the ongoing NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) projects in the Tapovan area of Uttarakhand have been halted due to a rise in the water level of the Rishiganga river.
IRDA asks insurers to launch Standard Domestic Travel Insurance Policy by July 1
A Standard Domestic Travel Insurance Policy will have Room Rent, Boarding, Nursing Expenses all inclusive as provided by the Hospital / Nursing Home up to 2 per cent of the sum insured subject to maximum of Rs.10000/- per day, are allowed in the policy.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) charges/ Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) charges all inclusive as provided by the Hospital / Nursing Home up to 4 per cent of the sum insured subject to maximum of Rs.20,000/- per day, can availed by a customer..