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India to get 100 million AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccines next month: Serum Institute head
Drugmakers are just now getting data that will show how well their vaccine candidates work, but there are plenty of hurdles remaining as the global race to find an effective shot against the pathogen reaches its final stages. Astra and co-developer University of Oxford still need to see testing results. And even if their vaccine proves effective and gets a nod from regulators, there are questions over how easily and quickly the shot can be distributed
Business optimism for Oct-Dec rises 57% over Q3 2020: D&B survey
The survey however revealed that optimism of respondents in the services sector has remained subdued and lower than the industrial sector across all parameters including sales, new orders, net profits, level of selling price and employees.
GIC Re turns profitable, records a profit of Rs 230 cr in Sep Qtr
The Indian multinational reinsurer has recorded a gross premium of Rs 10,651.50, up 12.60 per cent year-on-year(Y-o-Y),in Q2 FY 2020-21.
However,the reinsurer has seen its underwriting losses, at Rs 2 159.35 crore, improving by six per cent y-o-y, in the reporting period.
Similarly its combined ratio has marginally improved from 123.46 per cent to 122.10 per cent during Q2 Fy 2020-21.
IRDA proposes standard policy for treatment of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria
The insurance policy will cover treatment of dengue fever, malaria, filaria (Lymphatic Filariasis), kala-azar , chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis and Zika Virus , it said, adding the stakeholders can send their comments on the exposure draft to IRDAI by November 27.
COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.47 per cent.
There are 4,80,719 active COVID-19 cases in the country which comprises 5.48 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
WHO to set up centre for traditional medicine in India
“This new centre will support WHO’s efforts to implement the WHO traditional medicine strategy 2014-2023 which aims to support countries in developing policies and action plans to strengthen the role of traditional medicine as part of their journey to universal health coverage and a healthier, fairer and safer world,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
India’s COVID-19 caseload reaches 87.28 lakh, recovery rate rises to 92.97 pc
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.47 per cent.
There are 4,84,547 active cases in the country which comprise 5.55 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The 547 new fatalities include 122 from Maharashtra, 104 from Delhi, 54 from West Bengal, 25 each from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, 23 from Punjab, 21 each from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, 20 from Chhattisgarh and 19 from Haryana.
PM inaugurates Ayurveda research & teaching instituteJamnagar,
“Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda will be the first institution with institution of national importance status in the AYUSH sector, and this will enable the institution to be independent and innovative in the matter of deciding course content and pedagogy. The decision to set up the institute comes at a time when global interest in health solutions based on traditional wisdom is at an unprecedentedly high level and ITRA is poised to take Ayurveda education to new vistas,”
COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 86,83,916
There are 4,89,294 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.63 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. The total recoveries have surged to 80, 66,501 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.89 per cent, while COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.48 per cent.
The 550 new fatalities include 125 from Maharashtra, 85 from Delhi, 49 from West Bengal, 31 from Punjab, 29 from Kerala, 28 from Tamil Nadu, 25 each from Haryana and Chhattisgarh, 23 from Karnataka and 20 from Uttar Pradesh.
Irdai gives final nod for merger of HDFC ERGO Health with HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Under this, share exchange ratio of 100:385 has been okayed by the board of the subsidiary companies which would mean allocation of 385 shares in HDFC ERGO Health for 100 shares in HDFC ERGO
With the merger of HDFC ERGO Health Insurance with HDFC ERGO General Insurance, the number of there stand-alone health insurers will from seven to five..
Earlier,IRDA had asked Reliance General Insurance to take over Reliance Health Insurance as the exclusive health insurers was had fallen short of solvency margin and the financially troubled promoter company Reliance Capital was unable to infuse capital in its health insurance subsidiary.