August 11,2024 Kolkata: A staggering number of Indians face financial hardship due to disability, with lakhs suffering temporary or permanent limitations each year and recognising this critical gap in financial security, insurance companies are stepping forward with innovative solutions, officials...

August 10,2024 Mumbai: Nearly a third of the health insurance claims recorded by insurers are due to seasonal infectious diseases. These include vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria, which give rise to high claims in July and August, or...

August 11,2024 Raipur: The Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh high court, Ramesh Sinha, emphasized the need for concerted efforts in legislative enforcement, inclusive education practices, healthcare improvements, and societal sensitization to ensure a more equitable future for all children. He was...

August 11,2024 Rajkot: Union Health Minister JP Nadda visited AIIMS in Rajkot on Saturday and said that the health institute (AIIMS Rajkot) which was earlier dependent on NIV (National Institute of Virology) Pune has now become self-sufficient for virus detection....

August 10,2024 New Delhi: The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers announced a milestone on Friday with the completion of 32 projects under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs), Drug...

July 29,2024 Kolkata: A 54-year-old woman succumbed to swine flu at a private hospital in the city last Saturday (July 20), the first swine flu death reported in Kolkata this season and possibly the first death from the disease in...

July 29,2024 New Delhi: About 50,000 people lose their lives every year due to snakebite in the country, the highest in the world, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Monday. Every year, 30-40 lakh people are bitten by snakes...

July 29,2024 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 112th episode of his monthly radio broadcast, ‘Mann Ki Baat,’ calls on people and organisations to use National Anti-Narcotics Helpline ‘Manas’ in India‘s fight against drugs. During his monthly broadcast,...

July 23,2024 Mumbai: The Finance Minister in her Union Budget 2024-25 speech today proposed changes in the basic customs duty for X-ray tubes and flat panel detectors to support domestic manufacturing. This was a welcome move that has been lauded...

July 24,2024 Michigan: A Michigan Medicine study found that high systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries) increases the risk of the two most common types...