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Lloyd’s human pandemic scenario reveals potential global economic loss of $13.6trn
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Money smarts arouse passion in millennials
According to a new survey from buy-now, pay-later company Affirm, millennials see the ability to manage finances as the No. 1 attractive trait in a partner The whipsawing economics of recent years have made millennials keenly aware of financial stability, even more so...
Emerging economies learn to manage Covid-19
In India, where the immunization rate is about 45%, antibody surveys suggest that most of the population has already had Covid in the past, which experts believe could lessen the impact of the coming wave Developing nations brought to their knees by earlier waves of...
ANALYSIS-India’s new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but carry risks
"This new strategy will affect data from rural India or certain states in a disproportionate way," said Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan. "It will be harder to predict upcoming hotspots and epicenters," she added, which would...
Universal health care bill advances in California Assembly
first step toward abolishing the private health insurance market in the nation’s most populous state and replacing it with a government-run plan that they promised would never deny anyone the care they need SACRAMENTO, Calif: California Democrats on Tuesday took their...
India reports over 2.47 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 27 pc higher than y’day
380 COVID-19 infected patients lost lives in India in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,85,035, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 69.73 crore total tests conducted so far, a daily positivity rate of 13.11 per cent was reported in the country. Further,...
Maharashtra likely to see rise in COVID-19 hospitalisations by Jan-end or early Feb: Health dept
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 46,723 fresh coronavirus cases, a jump of 12,299 infections from a day ago, and 32 fresh fatalities. The new cases included 86 Omicron infections Mumbai:Maharashtra is expected to see a spike in hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients in...
Natural disasters cost $120bn of insured losses worldwide in 2021, relatively low losses in Asia-Pacific: Munich Re
Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management,Munich Re The costliest natural disaster in 2021 was Hurricane Ida, causing $65bn of economic losses and US$ 36bn of insured losses Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management,Munich Re, said the images of...
India reports 1,94,720 fresh COVID-19 infections, 442 fatalities
``Plateauing of hospital admissions is an indication that the wave may have peaked. We may see a decline in cases in two to three days.Cases have started declining in Mumbai and Delhi is likely to follow the same trend,'' Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said New...
Goldman Sachs says bitcoin will compete with gold as “store of value”
Citing bitcoin's $700 billion market capitalization, compared to the around $2.6 trillion worth of gold owned as an investment, Goldman Sachs said that the cryptocurrency currently has a 20% share of the "store of value" market The term "store of value" usually...
China’s Omicron Outbreak Is Bad News for the Global Supply Chain
“The reality is that China remains the center of global manufacturing,”said Thomas O’Connor, a supply chain expert at Gartner Inc. in Sydney. “If there was significant manufacturing or logistic shutdowns in China associated with covid-related challenges, that would...