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India is a strategic focus for World Business Council for Sustainable Development, says President CEO Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker. President and CEO, World Business Council for...
Nadda launches FSSAI’s inclusive campaign to Stop Obesity under Eat Right India programme
Eating right and ensuring awareness about it, is a collective...
Net zero goal calls for USD 5 trillion in annual green investments: IMF
Of the 50 per cent cut to emissions needed by 2030 to stay on track for the 1.5-degree target, more than 80 per cent can be achieved from technologies available today. Getting to net zero by 2050 will, however, require technologies that are still under development or...
Haryana formulates scheme for financial assistance to stage III, IV cancer patients
All age group stage III and IV patients will be eligible under the scheme, and patients whose family income is less than Rs 3 lakh per annum, except the amount of other social security pension schemes, will be eligible, it said Chandigarh: To lessen the financial...
Sitharaman to address global reinsurance meet in Mumbai on Thursday, to promote India as a global reinsurance hub
The power packed event will be addressed by Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services, Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI, K. Rajaraman, chairperson, IFSCA, Hasmukh Adhia, chairman, GIFT City, Siddhartha Mohanty, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation New...
Spiraling climate costs make insurance unaffordable for some Australians
Over a million households now face home insurance affordability stress, As a growing number of people dump or scale back their insurance, a “protection gap” is emerging, said Andrew Hall, head of the Insurance Council of Australia Increasing numbers of Australians are...
LIC keen to keep part of its stake in IDBI Bank to reap benefit of bancassurance
''We have made it clear that IDBI Bank is our number one partner in bancassurance. We will retain the some stake in IDBI Bank so that the bancassurance partnership continues,'' LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty said Mumbai: State-owned LIC, promoter of IDBI Bank, has...
S&P ups India’s FY’24 growth forecast to 6.4 pc on robust domestic momentum
The US-based rating agency, however, has cut growth estimates for the next fiscal (2024-25) to 6.4 per cent, as it expects growth to slow in the second half (October-March) of the current fiscal, on higher base impact and subdued global growth New Delhi: S&P...
Centre renames Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres as Ayushman Arogya Mandir
The rebranded AB-HWCs will also have a new tagline -- 'Arogyam Parmam Dhanam' The government has decided to rename the Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres as 'Ayushman Arogya Mandir' and the Union Health Ministry has sent a letter to the states and Union...
China ministry seeks more fever clinics to combat respiratory illness surge
The spike become a global issue last week when the World Health Organization asked China for more information, citing a report on clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children by the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases Beijing: A surge in respiratory illnesses...
Respiratory illnesses: Govt reviews preparedness measures in view of emerging Chinese public health situation
In a letter by union health secretary to States and UTs, they have been advised to immediately review public health and hospital preparedness measures viz. availability of HR, hospital beds, drugs and vaccines for influenza, medical oxygen, antibiotics, personal...
Bengal to go tough on sale of antibiotics without prescription
“Rampant use of antibiotics has become a vicious circle. Once certain drug-resistant bacteria for a certain level of antibiotics are developed in the human body, people are resorting to stronger dosage to antibiotics. This circle is resulting in the growth of multiple...