Corporate India is stepping up to shoulder coronavirus-induced challenges by lending a helping hand through various initiatives like testing, vaccination camps, financial aid, medical help and resource access for COVID-19 care. As the country battles with the second wave of the pandemic, companies are tweaking policies on loans, insurance and leaves to help employees take care of themselves and their families. Apart from facilitating vaccination appointments and paid vaccination leaves, many corporates have updated the group Mediclaim policy to cover COVID-19-related expenses for employees and their families. We are offering COVID-19 Kavach policies for employees and their family members to meet COVID-related medical expenses, in addition to Group Term and Mediclaim cover, said Kristyl Bhesania, executive vice-president and head (human resources) at Tata AIA Life Insurance.
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Last Updated: May 09, 2021, 01:06 PM IST
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As the country battles with the second wave of the pandemic, companies are tweaking policies on loans, insurance and leaves to help employees take care of themselves and their families.
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Judge Group India is providing vaccination support, advance leave and well-being helpline during the pandemic for its employees.
Corporate India is stepping up to shoulder coronavirus-induced challenges by lending a helping hand through various initiatives like testing, vaccination camps, financial aid, medical help and resource access for COVID-19 care.
As the country battles with the second wave of the pandemic, companies are tweaking policies on loans, insurance and leaves to help employees take care of themselves and their families.
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An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Assam on Wednesday (April 28, 2021) morning.
However, no loss of life or property has been reported as of now.
New Delhi: A massive earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Assam, India on Wednesday (April 28) morning. As per the information available at the moment, the earthquake originated in Assam and tremors were felt across Assam, North Bengal and other parts of the Northeast.
However, no loss of life or property has been reported as of now.
As per the National Centre of Seismology, the origin of the earthquake is Tezpur of Assam. The According to the seismology centre, the earthquake was centred 43 km west of Tezpur in Assam.
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The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) that approved indigenously manufactured Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin lacked experts of domain knowledge, health experts said.
According to the Health Ministry, eight out of nine members that participated in the virtual meeting-agreed and approved the recommendations except Dr. B. Gupta from NDMC Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital who expressed some concerns about the vaccine candidate.
The identity of the SEC members, which has been kept under wraps, was disclosed by the Ministry in response to a Rajya Sabha question on March 23.
The 10 members include Dr. Varsha Gupta, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, Archana Thakur, Medical Director, Professor and HOD (Microbiology), G.B. Pant Hospital, Delhi, Abhishek Agarwal, Emeritus Professor, Department of Medicine, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Sushant H. Meshram, Professor and Head, Pulmonary Medicine Department, Government Medical Co
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