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General insurers seek cooperation from hospitals for faster settlement Covid-19 claims
The insurance companies are ready to extend their maximum cooperation to hospitals in completing the discharge process in the quickest possible time in all cashless claims as per the HC directives and solicit the kind cooperation of all hospitals in this regard, said Atul Sahai, chairman of GI Council and CMD of New India Assurance, the largest general insurer in the country.
Top Ayurveda institute incorporates allopathy, modern tech; successfully treats 600 Covid patients
Prof Tanuja Nesari said a holistic approach and the integration of ayurveda, allopathy and modern diagnostic technology made it possible.
Number of active internet users in India likely to reach 900 mn by 2025, rural may lead: IAMAI
”Vernacular, Voice and Video will emerge as the game changers for the digital ecosystem over the next few years,” Biswapriya Bhattacharjee, Executive Vice President, Insights Division, Kantar said in a statement on the report.
”While internet users grew by 4 per cent in urban India — reaching 323 million users (67 per cent of urban population) in 2020, digital adoption continues to be propelled by rural India – clocking a 13 per cent growth to 299 million internet users (31 per cent of rural population) over the past year,” the report said.
1 Indian firm paying average Rs 55 lakh after ransom attack
The average ransom payment in India was $76,619 (over Rs 55 lakh). However, paying up often doesn’t pay off as Indian organizations that paid the ransom got back, on average, 75 per cent of their data and only 4 per cent got all their data back, according to ‘The State of Ransomware 2021’ report by global cybersecurity leader Sophos.
HDFC Bank commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2031-32
The bank has a three-pronged strategy to achieve its objective to become carbon neutral: Reduce consumption, transition to renewable energy, and offset carbon footprint.
Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during year, many of them migrants
Officials separately said that many of those dead were migrant workers who chose to walk home along the tracks because train routes are considered shorter than roads or highways.
Indian airlines may post $4.1 billion consolidated loss this fiscal: CAPA
“We expect that Indian airlines will lose a consolidated USD 4.1-billion in FY2022, similar to that in FY2021. This will take total losses over two years to around USD 8 billion as a result of the two COVID-19 waves,” CAPA said in the report.
Cyclone Tauktae: Guj announces Rs 105 cr relief for fishermen
As part of the package, the state government would pay a collective amount of Rs 25 crore to the affected fishermen to compensate the damage caused to over 1,000 small and large sized boats.
For a fully damaged small sized boat, the government would pay 50 per cent of the boat value or Rs 75,000, whichever is less, the release said.
Tapeworm drug, masks are part of Reliance’s plan to tackle coronavirus
Its diagnostic kits — R-Green and R-Green Pro — have been approved by India’s apex medical research body and it has designed a process to make sanitizers at one-fifth the market cost, Reliance said in the report.
Government issues guidelines for care of children affected by Covid-19
The states need to identify the children in distress through outreach and surveys and prepare a database with a profile of each child, along with the details of their specific needs and requirements, and ensure that the data is uploaded on the Track Child portal.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, said 9,346 children have lost at least one of the parents to the deadly virus, including over 1,700 who have lost both their parents, according to data received from the states