FM is expected to announce measures to deal with the economic impact of Covid in reply to Finance Bill today. New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman could announce measures to deal with the economic impact of Covid-19 in her reply to the Finance Bill on Monday. She could also propose a threshold of Rs 15
As of 10 a.m. on Monday, India had 415 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including seven people who succumbed to the disease. According to latest data from the government’s Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 18,383 samples from 17,493 individuals have been tested for SARS-CoV2. This means the country has added 19 more cases
MUMBAI: Corporate India is increasingly revealing its generous side to commit assistance in various forms in the country’s fight against the virus. Billionaire Anil Agarwal said his company Vedanta is setting aside Rs 100 crore initially to support daily wage workers and contract employees working at the mining giant’s factories in India. If the need arises, the company will
India has so far not reported any deaths due to coronavirus Most of the new coronavirus cases are those with a travel history to Italy NEW DELHI : As four more positive cases of coronavirus were reported from India today, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country went up to 43. A report from
The Pune chapter of the Indian Medical Association is planning to launch a study to determine per bed charges incurred by hospitals every year. They claim to be frustrated by the financial state into which private hospitals have been pushed by the authorities. For long, the hospitals have been claiming to struggle to run their
This is one of the key recommendations made by the department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) as part of its budget proposal to the finance ministry, an official source said. The pharmaceutical industry is hopeful that the government will restore the weighted deduction on expenditure incurred on R&D to 200%. NEW DELHI: In a move to
The rupee depreciation, combined with the high customs duty rate has increased the cost to patients, making it harder for them to have access to quality medical devices, MTaI said in a statement. NEW DELHI: Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) on Wednesday urged the government to streamline tax and duty structure in Union Budget 2020-2021 to
At a Medical College, 185 seats went vacant towards the last round of admissions, all of which got filled last month. Each seat was sold for as much as Rs 50 to 65 lakh. Raids by Income Tax department officials at Medical college could draw more probes by other central agencies, now that it
In a country which has an increasing tax regime yet completely lacks in providing adequate and quality healthcare or medical security to its citizens, private hospitals are the only alternative left for a huge chunk of the population both rural and urban. At present, healthcare in India suffers from under regulation subjecting the populace to
Dr PremNandhini Satgunam, Associate Research Optometrist, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, along with her colleagues, has done a study on Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS), a condition in which individuals with visual impairment (VI) and with no cognitive deficits experience visual hallucinations, typically with no other sensory hallucinations. In this interview, Dr Satgunam shares
