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Unhealthy diet, lack of physical activities lead to drastic rise in obesity among adults and kids:Survey
According to the survey data, 16 states and Union Territories registered a rise in obesity among women while 19 states and UTs recorded an increase in obesity among men.
Kerala and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded the highest percentage of obesity among women at 38 per cent. Also, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep recorded the highest percentage of obesity among women at over 40 per cent.
Sheila Vir, a public health nutrition expert and founder director of Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre, said there is also lack of awareness on what are good food habits.
“We have a double burden of undernutrition, malnutrition and overnutrition occurring together. So, I think what to feed a child is what we are going wrong in,” Vir said.
COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 98.57 lakh with 30,254 new cases
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93,57,464 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day. There are 3,56,546 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 3.62 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Doctor On Call aims for 10 lakh subscribers by 2021-end
Doctor On Call rolled out the Swasthya Sewa initiative in July this year which offers doctor consultation to patients over a call for all kinds of ailments. The subscribers need to pay Rs 500 for a family as annual subscription fee to avail the company’s services. The company follows two models to cater to its subscribers. For complex ailments it has tie-ups with hospitals and specialist doctors and in order to cater to regular health issues of the subscribers, the company has around 15 doctors on its rolls.
.Rs 20L-Cr pandemic package:Barely 10% disbursed, says RTI
He pointed out that the worst-hit sectors include all industries in the manufacturing sectors, the hospitality and tourism industry, the media and affiliated sectors, and the unorganized sectors.
“Besides over 6 crore MSMEs and SMEs have shut down, resulting in more than 15-crore people losing jobs, against a handful of persons who remain unaffected by the pandemic lockdown,” Sarda pointed out.
EPFO likely to credit 8.5% interest for 2019-20 by December in one go
“It (8.5 per cent interest) would comprise of 8.15 per cent from debt income and balance 0.35 per cent (capital gain) from the sale of ETFs (exchange traded funds) subject to their redemption by 31st December, 2020,” it had said.
Aon re-enters India,acquires 49% stake in Narayan Murthy’s Anviti Insurance Brokers
Aon which earlier had a similar joint venture with Prabodh Thaker’s Global Insurance Brokers had withdrawn from the JV three years back and has been mostly operating through Anviti Insurance Brokers, which was set up in 2017, for servicing its Indian clients,
The Indian regulations requires a international insurance brokers to wait for two years before they can re-enter the country’s insurance market.
74.3% passengers refunded ₹3,200 crore for lockdown-induced flight cancellations: Govt
The Supreme Court had on October 1 said that a full and immediate refund should be given to passengers for the air tickets cancelled between March 25 and May 24. No scheduled domestic and international passenger flights operated in the country in this period.
‘Pursuant to Honourable Supreme Court’s order on ticket refund, 74.3% of total 55,23,940 PNRs amounting to Rs 3,200 crore have been refunded. Rest are in process,’ the ministry tweeted.
India not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but to exceed them: PM Modi
“We have reduced our emission intensity by 21 per cent over 2005 levels. Our solar capacity has grown from 2.63 gigawatts in 2014 to 36 gigawatts in 2020. Our renewable energy capacity is the fourth largest in the world. It will reach 175 gigawatts before 2022,” the prime minister highlighted.
He said India has an even more ambitious target now, which is 450 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
“We have also succeeded in expanding our forest cover and safeguarding our biodiversity. And, on the world stage, India has pioneered two major initiatives. The International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure,” Modi said.
PIL to control population: Can”t coerce family planning, Centre tells SC
India is witnessing a constant decline in total fertility Rate(TFR), the ministry said, adding that the fertility rate which was 3.2 at the time when National Population Policy was adopted has declined substantially to 2.2 as per the Sample Registration System, 2018.
The NHP sets out indicative, quantitative goals and objectives which includes the achievement of TFR of 2.1 by 2025.
National Health Policy 2017 provides for a policy guidance to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritise the role of the government in shaping health systems in all its dimensions.
Mortality rate of infants younger than 5 dips in 18 states, UTs: survey
Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Lakshadweep showed a rise in the percentage of children under five years who are wasted, while Maharashtra and West Bengal had the same percentage, according to the data.