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Munich Re and New India provide first ever large parametric Pandemic Resilience cover to Mumbai’s biggest mall Phoenix Mills
``Munich Re is supporting these solutions with reinsurance...
ICMR study found Covid vaccination didn’t raise risk of unexplained sudden deaths among young adults, Nadda
J P Nadda,Union Health Minister It has also been revealed that...
ESG Review-Course-correction underway among financial firms
The upshot is a broad-based retreat from the environmental and social principles that initially led financial firms to look for hires outside their usual stomping grounds. As a result, many of the climate scientists and campaigners from nonprofits who were hand-picked...
SC asks man to file suit for damages after he claims disability post Covid-19 first dose
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih made the observation while hearing the plea for a direction to lay down appropriate guidelines for an effective resolution of side effects following immunisation (AEFI) with specific reference to Covid-19...
Landmark agreement reached at WHO over tackling future pandemics
"In reaching consensus on the Pandemic Agreement, not only did they put in place a generational accord to make the world safer, they have also demonstrated that multilateralism is alive and well, and that in our divided world, nations can still work together to find...
WHO initiates a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO The two-day simulation, Exercise Polaris, tested WHO’s Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework designed to strengthen countries’ emergency workforce, coordinate the deployment of surge teams and experts, and...
India committed to partnering with international stakeholders to tackle global healthcare challenges: Goyal
Piyush Goyal,Union Commerce Minister Goyal also mentioned that over the past decade, transformative steps have been taken in public healthcare, such as providing free treatment to millions of Indians, establishing Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and building modern medical...
Lloyd’s human pandemic scenario reveals potential global economic loss of $13.6trn
From an economic perspective, the widespread impacts would be primarily driven by disruption across global industries due to local lockdowns and global travel restrictions. With the transportation sector worth over 10% of global GDP, sustained international travel...
PSU insurers must reskill their employees and deploy best of technologies, says DFS Secy
From( L to R) , Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, CEO, National Health Authority, Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services(Virtual), Girija Subramanian, CMD, New India Assurance at the 106th Foundation day celebration of New India Assurance The government is...
Health Ministry rejects reports on excess Covid-19 mortality in India
Using data collected from over 7.65 lakh individuals, researchers, including those from the University of Oxford, UK, evaluated changes in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020. Women experienced a life expectancy decline of 3.1 years, while men saw a 2.1-year...
WHO members hope to conclude global pandemic agreement next week
Negotiations are ongoing for two complementary deals that could be formalised at the May 27-June 1 meeting: an update to existing health rules on outbreaks and a new legally-binding treaty to shore up the world's defences against future pathogens after the COVID-19...
WHO chief urges countries to finalise pandemic accord by deadline
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General, WHO One of the main points of disagreement between wealthy countries and developing states is the vexed issue of sharing drugs and vaccines fairly to avoid a repeat of COVID-era failures The only time in the organisation's...