by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Brussels: Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union's top court said on Thursday, in two cases brought by Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs after they started wearing the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: International Finance Corporation, member of the World Bank Group, is investing USD 16.5 million (around Rs 123 crore) in genetic diagnostics and research company MedGenome to increase access to COVID-19 testing in India. The partnership, apart from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Facts, Health, Technology
In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralysed man unable to speak — and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen. It will take years of additional research but the study, reported Wednesday, marks an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
Big Tech platforms Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook were hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power. Below is the status of the cases, as well as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held under unprecedented conditions and tight quarantine rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections. Yet a number of cases have emerged involving athletes and other...
