The Congress on Wednesday promised free health insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh under 'Jeevan Raksha Yojana' if voted to power in Delhi. IMAGE: Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Congress......
Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday said though COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency for the world, it is still a 'global health threat' and a......
From social engineering to bearing the cost of Covid-19 treatment to financial reconstruction of Tamil Nadu's debt, the debutant chief minister is emerging as a leader with a difference, says Shjne......
'There are Rs 90 crore worth of medicines in government hospitals, which is sufficient for the next three months.' The rainfall that lashed Chennai on December 1 was the highest-ever recorded in a......
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits the bustling centre that hosts Tamil Nadu's Health Helpline that answers more than 100 medical queries an hour. On December 30 last year the Tamil Nadu government......
The government is holding talks with states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, which are providing cashless health insurance. After providing life cover and accident cover, the government......
A social security insurance scheme for the unorganised sector is likely to be the next big announcement the government will make as part of its inclusive politics agenda in the run-up to the 2014......
Health insurance coverage in India is expected to cross 630 million people or 50 per cent of the population by 2015, a World Bank report has said."New generation of health financing schemes can......
All costs relating to room, boarding, nursing expenses, medical consultation including telemedicine, consumables such as PPE kits and intensive care unit will be covered under the policy. It will......
Ashish Mehrotra, MD and CEO, Max Bupa Health Insurance, explains the changes we can expect in health insurance this year. Photograph: Reuters In a compelling case for universal health coverage,......