by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Centre will give three months' pension in advance to nearly three-crore widows, senior citizens and differently-abled in the first week of April amid the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Friday. Under the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
GENEVA: Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed 20,000, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday as he appealed again for protective gear for medical staff working to save lives. Tedros Adhanom...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday. “It is clear that we have entered a recession” that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
LONDON: Business interruption insurance is not designed for pandemics, and if Britain wants businesses to have more cover in future for such events, it would require state aid, the Association of British Insurers said on Friday. Britain’s lawmakers have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: Vehicle owners will now have to provide their mobile numbers for availing any service related to registration of their vehicles, according to the government. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Friday said it has amended the Central Motor...
