India’s mental health insurance gap: Less than 1% of health claims pertain to mental wellbeingIndia's insurance sector struggles to provide adequate mental health coverage despite a 2018 mandate. Less than 1% of health insurance clai...
26 Mar, 2025, 02.05 PM IST
Mental health claims below 1% as high costs, stigma limit accessA new survey reveals that mental health insurance claims are less than 1% of all health claims in India due to high costs, inadequate cover...
27 Feb, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Nifty Bank bids farewell to weekly expiries from today. So no more F&O losses?The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is implementing new regulations that limit weekly expiry options contracts to just one pe...
13 Nov, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Weight-loss drugs: Who, and what, are they good for?The new drugs are known as GLP-1 agonists, which mimic the activity of a hormone that slows digestion and helps people feel full for longer...
02 Jan, 2024, 05.08 PM IST
Text of President Joe Biden's State of the Union addressMadam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Cour...
02 Mar, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
You don't have to be Greta Thunberg, but diapers & single-use plastic can trigger climate anxietyClimate change can have a powerful psychological effect on people.
08 Feb, 2022, 03.36 PM IST
Mental Healthcare in India – is the glass half-full or half-empty?Indian society has had an ostrich approach towards mental health issues assuming if a problem is not acknowledged, it will cease to exist.
07 Oct, 2021, 09.00 AM IST
View: Health can be a way out of the middle-income trap for IndiaIndia can strive to break free of the middle-income trap by focusing on health infrastructure.
07 Apr, 2020, 07.30 PM IST
This is why tech gadgets are the biggest culprit for your sleep disorderIf there is one cause for sleep disorders that has seen a sharp rise in recent years, according to doctors, it is the use of electronics.
04 Jun, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Assocham urges Punjab government to announce comprehensive industrial policy for SMEAd-hoc policies like ban on export of food grains, limits on private stocking and tax on purchase of food grains (14.4%) should be revisite...
18 May, 2017, 07.18 PM IST
Key highlights of Donald Trump's speech to US CongressI am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.
01 Mar, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
Nomura bets on startup to help smokers kick the habitCureApp Inc, which develops mobile applications to treat ailments including tobacco addiction, received $3.4 million this month from invest...
09 Feb, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Why you need personal student insurance before going to study abroadStudying abroad at a foreign university is no more unusual for Indian students and studen ttravel insurance is an essential in most countri...
16 Oct, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
- Health cover advisable for expatriate students
With universities abroad making health cover mandatory for overseas students, buying a cover before going abroad for higher studies would b...
10 Nov, 2009, 01.24 AM IST
- Social Sectors
As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
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