by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 5, 2023 | Data, Health, Policy
The registry is maintained by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). The minister said 1,320 patients registered for lung transplant, 181 for pancreas transplant and 57 for intestine transplant New Delhi: Close to 40,000 patients were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 5, 2023 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
The bank currently holds a 48.02 per cent stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company and would acquire at least a 2.5 per cent stake out of the 4 per cent to make the insurer its subsidiary before September 9, 2024 Mumbai: Banking regulator Reserve Bank of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 5, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pension & Social Security
Lack of social security (24 per cent) was another key challenge flagged by those surveyed. Meanwhile, the report found that 32 per cent of respondents find uncertainty of their employment as the biggest challenge. This points to the lack of stability and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 5, 2023 | Facts, Health, Technology
‘We found that using AI resulted in the detection of 20 per cent (41) more cancers compared with standard screening, without affecting false positives. A false positive in screening occurs when a woman is recalled but cleared of suspicion of cancer after...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 5, 2023 | Data, Health, Policy
The vision of CGHS is ”Your health our Goal” and it provides comprehensive health care to its beneficiaries, through 340 allopathic wellness centres and 107 AYUSH units, 18 polyclinics, the ministry said Services provided under CGHS include out-door...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
”The devastating impact of the Covid pandemic on mental health in India necessitates an immediate and comprehensive countrywide mental health survey,” it said New Delhi: A post-Covid mental health survey is crucial to assess the prevalence and severity of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
While appreciating the government’s impetus on an institutional framework for cancer care and management and financial support for combating cancer, the committee said cancer must be dealt with separately instead of being a part of other lifestyle and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2023 | Data, Health
Urbanisation could be a likely cause behind the trend, say the researchers, citing Asian countries like Japan and Korea which have reported a rising prevalence, and both of which experienced rapid industrialisation after World War II The last two decades have seen an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
“We continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases in this week’s report. We have also seen a small rise in hospital admission rates in most age groups, particularly among the elderly. Overall levels of admission still remain extremely low and we are not...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2023 | Indian News, Life, Non-Life
In view of the merger of HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank Ltd, Indian insurers had requested IRDAI to allow investments in HDFC Ltd bonds to be continued to be classified under Housing and Infrastructure sector and exempt the single investee equity exposure limits prescribed...
