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India’s diabetes–heart risk spotted; experts urge proactive screening
India ’s clinicians are warning that people with diabetes face a markedly higher risk of heart disease, and are calling for earlier, routine cardiovascular screening and tighter risk control. A World Heart Month special highlights India’s unique profile: younger age of diabetes onset, central obesity, high triglycerides, hypertension, and smoking exposure—all of which accelerate…
GST 2.0: Health insurance firms may raise policy tariffs by 3-5% to compensate for input tax credit losses amid tax cuts
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, after its 56th meeting on 4 September 2025, announced a GST exemption on all health and life insurance premiums as part of the central government’s indirect tax rationalisation move. The industry has welcomed this step even though the risk of a higher premium looms due to the losses…