Aug 19, 2024 India’s achievement of its long-term goal to become a developed economy also hinges on its population losing weight, the Economic Survey 2023-24 had indicated. As India is posed to capitalise on its demographic dividend—a large youth population—it...
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Sep 06, 2024 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has enforced stricter timelines for insurance companies to boost accountability and customer service. Changes include faster settlement of death claims, quicker processing of policy surrenders, and prompt handling...
Aug 29, 2024 The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (Epic) said that meeting WHO guidelines of 5 micrograms per cubic metre (pg/m3) could increase the life expectancy of Delhi’s...
Aug 27, 2024 Leading the Japanese delegation was Kiyokazu Nakajima, Professor in the Department of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. The discussions revolved around the technical aspects and proposals for creating a state-of- the-art,...
Sep 06, 2024 Chris Free, a research professor at UCSB and co-lead author of the study, described the research as a major advancement. IIOur study not only estimates inadequate micronutrient intake for 34 different age-sex groups in nearly every country,...
Sep 10, 2024 The National Quality of Care Network (NQOCN) organized a two-day International Conference on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, hosted by Amrita Hospital, Faridabad. The event included workshops, presentations, and discussions aimed at fostering a culture of continuous...
August 29,2024 New Delhi: The government will shortly notify a revised version of good manufacturing practices (GMP), at par with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards, for small pharmaceutical companies with an annual turnover of less than ₹250 crore. Companies...
August 27,2024 New Delhi: Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav on Monday said special medical stores will be opened in every tehsil of the country to ensure adequate availability of AYUSH medicines. The Union AYUSH Minister also said the government is mulling...
August 26,2024 As the globe faces a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria – making traditional antibiotics ineffective – specific viruses could offer a solution. Viruses called bacterio phages, or phages, target bacteria but can’t infect humans or other higher organisms. Phages...
August 26,2024 New Delhi: An affordable tuberculosis testing technology that can detect the disease using a patient’s sputum for just Rs 35 has been developed by apex medical research body ICMR’s regional centre in Assam’s Dibrugarh. The ‘A CRISPR case-based...