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Showcase importance of Covid-appropriate behaviour: Vardhan to AIIMS
“The Union minister asked all the heads of medical institutions to be the frontrunners in showcasing the importance of this social vaccine to break the chain of transmission of the disease in the country,” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
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
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.
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;;
Health insurance premiums have risen by only 5%:IRDAI
“I would suggest that voluntary disclosures be made by all the hospitals and health providers so that public will chose looking at disclosures given by each hospitals where they would like to go and performance indicators might be also disclosed,” added SC Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI,.
India witnessing V-shaped recovery, govt steps to spur economic growth: FM
“She mentioned that the V-shaped pattern of recovery is being seen in several high-frequency indicators, including manufacturing PMI that reached the highest level in last eight years in the month of September 2020, presenting a strong recovery prospect for the manufacturing sector,” it said.
Heavy rains kill 12 people in India, damage crops
“Heavy to very heavy” rain was expected in the neighbouring Maharashtra state on Wednesday and Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said in its daily forecast.
The rains have damaged rice paddies and other crops such as corn, cotton, and pulses, traders said, but they said it was too early to assess the full extent of crop losses.
COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 72,39,389
There are 8,26,876 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 11.42 per cent of the total caseload, while the recoveries have surged to 63,01,927, the data stated.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.53 per cent.
Sabotage suspected in Mumbai power outage: Energy minister
A grid failure resulted in massive power outage in Mumbai and neighbouring areas on Monday, stopping trains on tracks, hampering those working from home and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard.
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.