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COVID-19: Centre issues fresh SOPs, allows offices to resume work after disinfection
Staff should take their temperature regularly and check for respiratory symptoms and must see a doctor if they feel unwell or show flu-like symptoms. Besides, staff and waiters should wear mask and hand gloves and take other required precautionary measures. The seating arrangement has to be done to ensure a distance of at least six feet, the SOPs stated.
New India Assurance Q3 net profit rises 5.9% to Rs 524 cr, increases its market share to 14.64%
`It is heartening to note that the company has grown faster than the industry, increased its market share. improved its operating performance and was able to offset many adverse impacts to deliver a healthy growth in profits during the quarter, said Atul Sahay, CMD, NIA.
No new deaths due to COVID reported in 17 states, UTs in India: Health ministry
Eight states account for 60 per cent (59.70 per cent) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India. These eight states have vaccinated over 4,00,000 beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.8 per cent (8,58,602 beneficiaries) of the total beneficiaries in India.
Family pensions upper ceiling raised from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1,25,000 per month: Jitendra Singh
As per the existing rule, if parents are government servants and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased shall become payable to the surviving spouse and in the event of the death of the spouse, the child shall be granted two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents subject to fulfilment of other eligibility conditions, the statement said.
Strong tremors felt in Indian capital of Delhi, Srinagar
The epicentre of the earthquake was 21 km from Amritsar in Punjab, according to the National Center for Seismology.
However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.
Over 77.66 lakh healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19: Health Ministry
Twelve states and Union Territories – Bihar, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim and Rajasthan have vaccinated over 70 per cent of the registered HCWs, he said.
SC upheld AYUSH Ministry’s advisory, allowed homeopathy as add on to Covid-19 care: Rijiju
The minister said while homoeopathy treatment is not to be given in standalone mode for Covid-19 treatment, the ministry through an advisory in March last year and the ‘Guidelines for AYUSH practitioners for Covid-19’ allowed AYUSH interventions, including homoeopathy, as add on to standard care.
Creation of health ID under NDHM not mandatory for citizens: Ashwini Choubey
On August 15, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the NDHM, following which NDHM pilot mode was launched in the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The budget allocated for the NDHM for 2020-21 is Rs 30 crore, Choubey said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Chhattisgarh rejects Bharat Biotech vaccine approved without efficacy data
“There’s an inhibition/concern among the community in general regarding the use of COVAXIN,” state health minister T.S. Singh Deo wrote in a letter to his federal counterpart, Harsh Vardhan, and shared on Twitter.
“This concern arises from the fact that the clinical trials of phase 3 are yet to be completed.”
Satishwar Balakrishnan elevated as MD &CEO of Aegon Life Insurance
Balakrishnan, on his appointment, commented, ““Our pioneering foray into digital has been validated over the years and especially in the current scenario where the rest of the industry is now shifting its focus on digital processes. My focus will be on advancing our ‘Do-it-yourself’ insurance solutions and make them available at affordable costs and to make our entire insurance portfolio a one-click solution for our customers,” added Balakrishnan on his new role.”.