NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh on rampant uterus-removal surgeries
July 25th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued notice to the Chhattisgarh government on reports that doctors in the state were unnecessarily removing women's uteruses to ... Read more...
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Uzbek football teams to escape taxes
June 9th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Uzbekistan's football clubs will have to pay only a fraction of their taxes for the next three years after the government extended tax breaks to ... Read more...
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Shanghai woos foreign educated natives
April 26th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 26 (IANS) Shanghai natives returning to their home town for work, after having completed their overseas education, are being offered privileges in the city's schools for their children ... Read more...
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‘China requires better family planning over migration’
April 14th, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) Chinese authorities believe their country requires a better family planning due to a consistent rise in migrants' population.A senior family planning official has admitted that China's ... Read more...
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Woman offers 10-years free-work for father’s cure
March 30th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) An indigent daughter of a man in China has offered to work free for 10 years in any company which will support her ailing father's medical ... Read more...
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Canada issues first `super visa’
December 20th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Dec 20 (IANS) The first Parent and Grandparent Super Visa has been issued by the Canadian government, a minister announced Monday."We pledged to process the Parent and Grandparent Super ... Read more...
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Healthcare spending to go up in 12th Plan: Montek
December 1st, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Expressing concern over the quality of healthcare in India, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said Thursday the government will increase spending on the ... Read more...
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1.28 bn Chinese covered by medical insurance
October 12th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 12 (IANS) China's three basic medical insurances programmes currently cover 1.28 billion people, or 95.5 percent of the nation's total population, the government said Wednesday.The number of people ... Read more...
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Punjab gives promotions to 5,199 police men in one go
September 24th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) Punjab Police Saturday promoted 5,199 constables and head constables in one go - the highest number to be promoted together ever.Announcing a string of incentives for ... Read more...
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Mental health check-up not to be compulsory in China
June 14th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 14 (IANS) Mental health examination of Chinese people would not be compulsory and could be done at the discretion of the patient's guardians, says a new draft mental ... Read more...
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China mulls new mental health law
June 13th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 13 (IANS) China is mulling over a law that gives people the freedom to decide if they need a mental health check instead of compulsory tests for mental ... Read more...
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Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
May 25th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) A Chinese woman cut open her stomach with a kitchen knife to relieve fluid accumulation so that she didn't have to pay the surgery cost, a ... Read more...
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Thousands stage protest in Sweden
April 26th, 2011 - 4:19 am ICT by IANS
Stockhom, April 26 (IANS) Thousands of people around Sweden Monday took to the streets to protest against the government's change of medical insurance policies, which has ousted many people off ... Read more...
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Farah Sultan, Shalini Thackeray team-up for cine workers welfare
February 18th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Farah Sultan, wife of late producer Sultan Ahmed, has joined hands with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) General Secretary Shalini Thackeray for the welfare of junior ... Read more...
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Mamata pitches for mediclaim for sex workers
January 13th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday asked her party-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) board to bring sex workers and their children under a mediclaim policy."Sex workers have ... Read more...
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Doubts Over The Continuation Of McDonalds Health Care Plans
October 1st, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 1, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The rumors that are doing the rounds about Mc. Donanld workers health care coverage taking a beating particularly those of the lower level ... Read more...
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Court bars foreign insurer’s agent from selling policies
September 26th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of a company which sought permission to sell health insurance policies on behalf of a Ukrainian firm.
Radiant Overseas approached ... Read more...
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Malaysians buying insurance up to 100 years
September 5th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 5 (IANS) Longer life span and rising healthcare costs are prompting people in Malaysia to buy insurance up to the age of 100.
More and more Malaysians are now taking ... Read more...
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China’s octogenarian population to grow by 1 mn annually
July 14th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 14 (IANS) The number of Chinese in their 80s or older neared 19 million last year and would grow by an additional one million annually, a government report said.
The number ... Read more...
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‘Withdrawal of cashless health treatment retrograde’
July 10th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, July 10 (IANS) Policyholders and corporates subscribing to medical cover are appalled by a move by state-run insurance firms to withdraw cashless facility for treatment, even as several hospitals have ... Read more...
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More insurance companies under CBI scanner for irregularities
May 13th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will initiate a probe against three insurance companies in connection with alleged financial irregularities and forgery in the Universal Health Insurance Scheme ... Read more...
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CBI detects anomalies in health scheme
May 11th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday raided Lucknow and Varanasi offices of the National Insurance Company in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the Universal Health Insurance ... Read more...
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200,000 Chinese children suffer from hand-foot-mouth disease
April 27th, 2010 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) Over 200,000 children in China have been infected by the hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in 2010 and 94 of them have died from the illness so far this year.
Parents ... Read more...
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Kamat moots insurance scheme for Goa’s entire population
March 25th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Thursday proposed an insurance scheme which will cover the entire population of Goa to the extent of Rs.60,000 per head annually.
Kamat, also the ... Read more...
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Kannada actor Shivaraj Kumar to donate body for research
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Bangalore, March 2 (IANS) Kannada actor Shivaraj Kumar has decided to donate his body to a hospital for research after his death and has signed a declaration to this effect. ... Read more...
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Bolivian girl born in air to be baptised on board
February 22nd, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Feb 22 (IANS/EFE) The Bolivian girl who was born a week ago on board a jetliner in flight will be baptised this week with the name Tami Fabiola on board ... Read more...
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Kids ape parents when it comes to dental care
February 1st, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): A new study has revealed that kids are more likely to visit a dentist if their parents do too.The research team from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) showed ... Read more...
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Medical insurance for Russian tourists in Goa
January 9th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 9 (IANS) Russian tourists in Goa can now have medical insurance. A Moscow-based firm supported by the Russian government is offering policies that will allow the 40,000-odd Russians visiting the ... Read more...
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Unprotected sex leads to paralysis, costs $200,000 claim
December 19th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 19 (IANS) Unprotected sex led to paralysis and cost a Canadian man his $200,000 medical insurance claim.Throwing out his hefty medical claim Friday, the Canadian Supreme Court said ... Read more...
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Andhra Pradesh to set up fund for NRIs in despair
October 23rd, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to create a fund for the welfare of NRIs from the state.
Under the proposed NRI Fund, help will be provided to the ... Read more...
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HSBC enters China’s life insurance market
August 27th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 27 (Xinhua) HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited, a joint venture set up by HSBC and the Beijing-based National Trust, opened for business in Shanghai Thursday, marking the global financial giant's ... Read more...
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Investing in children’s education top priority for parents: Survey
August 19th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) For more than half of urban families planning and funding for their child's education takes priority over investing in retirement plans or medical insurance, a survey released ... Read more...
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John David Lewis Takes A Dig At Obama’s Health Bill
August 13th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by GD
A Duke University teacher, John David Lewis has brought into light the shortcomings of Obama's Health Care Bill reform, also called "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009".The professor in ... Read more...
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Kobe and Vanessa Bryant sued by maid
March 26th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by GD
Three-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are being sued by their former housekeeper Maria Jimenez.Maria claims she was repeatedly "harassed and humiliated" and that she was never ... Read more...
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Right-to-die Brit girl granted final wish dream Disney trip
November 19th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): The Brit girl, whos terminally ill has been granted her final wish of going to Disney world after she won the right to die after a hospital ... Read more...
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