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Digital health ID can get Indian economy moving again, NHA chief 

Analysis of Big Data on health “will lead to better planning, budgeting and implementation for states and health programs, which should be a big cost optimizer,” said Indu Bhushan, chief executive officer of the National Health Authority, who compared the gains produced by the “new digital highway” to those from building physical infrastructure such as roads

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India’s peak holiday season set to send COVID-19 cases surging

“We will probably have more deaths out of starvation if the rural migratory population who flock to cities during the pujas and earn some money during the festivity are deprived of the opportunity,” said Subrata Mukherjee, a cabinet minister in the fourth-most populous state of West Bengal, which has one of India’s highest coronavirus caseloads.

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Life insures have to mandatorily launch standard term life product from Jan 21:IRDAI

The minimum sum assured of the product should be at Rs 5 lakh while maximum sum assured can be Rs 25 lakh. Insurers have the option of offering sum assured beyond Rs 25 lakh under Saral Jeevan Bima with all other terms and conditions remaining the same, said the IRDA.
The following  words shall be prominently displayed in BOLD, on the welcome letter of policy document as well as on the first page of Sales Literature.

“This policy will cover death due to accident only during the waiting period of 45 days from the date of commencement of risk.In case of death of the life assured other than due to accident during the waiting period, an amount equal to 100% of all premiums received excluding taxes, if any, will be paid and the sum assured will not be paid;;

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Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub

Activists say the projects are also likely to lead to the felling of thousands of trees in ecologically sensitive areas that are home to wildlife and bodies of water.

Alina Saldanha, a state assembly member from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wrote to the federal environment minister last week, saying she had “serious concerns” over environmental clearances given to some projects.

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