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Private health care procedures paid out of pocket have risen more than 33% since before the pandemic, according to Private Healthcare Insurance Network data comparing the third quarter of last year with the same period in 2019 British patients are turning to private...
EU lawmakers back human rights, environmental checks for big companies
EU lawmakers backed a legal requirement for directors of companies with over 1,000 staff to be responsible for implementing a plan for cutting carbon emissions. Member states will have to set out penalties for breaches European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules...
ICICI Pru Life refutes GST dept contention of tax liability due to input tax credit claims
In a filing to stock exchanges, ICICI Prudential Life said it had last fiscal received an intimation from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) of estimated tax liability to the company ''The company has filed a response refuting the claim,'' it said...
SBI Life net rises marginally to Rs 77.6 cr in Mar qtr
The value of new business grew 37 per cent to Rs 5,067 crore, with a robust margin of 30.1 per cent, up 420 bps for the year Mumbai: SBI Life on Wednesday reported Rs 77.6 crore net income for the March quarter, marginally up from the Rs 67.2 crore it had booked in...
Bajaj Allianz Life declares bonus of Rs 1,201 cr to policyholders in FY23
As many as 11.43 lakh participating policyholders out of its total of 3.5 million policyholders will benefit from the announcement, it added. Mumbai: Bajaj Allianz Life on Wednesday said it has declared a bonus of Rs 1,201 crore to participating policyholders for the...
Hinduja Group emerges sole bidder with Rs 9,650 crore offer for Reliance Cap in 2nd auction
However, according to sources, any decision on the resolution of Reliance Capital by the CoC will be subject to the outcome of the SC's judgement in the appeal filed by Torrent Investments Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has extended the...
SC sets aside Gujarat HC order to treat Ayurveda physicians at par with allopathy doctors
While recognising the importance of Ayurveda practitioners and the need to promote alternative or indigenous systems of medicine, the top court said that it cannot be oblivious of the fact that both categories of doctors are certainly not performing equal work to be...
HDFC Life’s net profit remains flat at Rs 359 crore in Q4 FY 23
Mumbai: HDFC Life Insurance reported a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, as higher expenses more than offset the rise in income from premiums. The Mumbai-based insurer said its standalone profit after tax rose a marginal 0.3% to Rs 359...
Need to create awareness about lead poisoning, says health secretary
Rajesh Bhushan, secretary, Ministry of Health Lead is a pernicious poison that causes extensive harm, even at low levels. Lead exposure in early childhood interferes with normal cognitive development, causing lifelong learning deficits and behavioral problems New...
Apollo to set up more genomics institutes by 2023-end
Genomics is a field of biology focused on studying all the DNA of a human being. In medicine, genome and DNA sequencing are done to learn more about a patient's molecular biology ''India is a highly diverse heterogeneous country, and as a result, genomic medicine...
“Today, we are in a position to service more than 60% of our policyholders entirely digitally”
Krishnan Ramachandran,MD and CEO, Niva Bupa Health Insurance Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company has invested in building digital expertise across the entire value chain and be it onboarding customers or settling claims, everything is digital. The company is using new...
Heat waves, cyclones are impacting stock markets across Asia
Extreme weather has always been part of the cost of doing business, but the frequency of such events is increasing. And while volatility linked to them isn’t limited to Asia, it’s certainly the region where the impact on stock markets has been outsized so far this...
Aon identifies ‘invisible’ cyber risks to global energy storage market
Energy businesses, in particular, are facing an increasingly complex cyber risk landscape, with new forms of volatility and current geopolitical tensions driving scrutiny on the security of essential energy infrastructure Sustained cyber resilience is contingent on...
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules
Violations could result in fines worth up to 6% of a company's annual global revenue — amounting to billions of dollars — or even a ban on operating in the EU The European Commission's list of very large online platforms is limited to those with at least 45 million...
WHO issues product alert over contaminated syrup by Indian manufacturer
Samples of the Guaifenesin syrup TG syrup from the Marshall Islands were analysed by quality control laboratories of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia. The analysis found that the product contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and...
Air pollution in India linked to cognitive problems in babies: Study
"Prior work has shown that poor air quality is linked to cognitive deficits in children, as well as to emotional and behavioural problems, which can have a severe impact on families," said lead researcher Professor John Spencer, from the University of East Anglia, UK...