by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
To offset the crushing costs of trying to stem a global epidemic, the World Bank and partners announced the creation of “pandemic bonds” several years ago: the idea was to leverage private capital from Wall Street firms that would help stricken poor...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Weddings are happy events, now hard to find in the age of the coronavirus. They’re being canceled, which means lost work for florists, dressmakers, organists and bands, but not for Eden Denevan, an enterprising wedding invitation designer now offering...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western governments to impose lockdowns, threatening supplies of vital products including medicines into the most affected areas, such as Italy. While...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
by BIBHUDATTA PRADHAN and ARCHANA CHAUDHARY New Delhi: Baby Devi has already lost 80% of her monthly earnings to the spread of the coronavirus — and the worst in India may be yet to come. The 38-year-old mother of four, who cleans homes for a living, lost...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Hyderabad: In a bid to assist the insurance industry to cope up with the disruptions caused by lockdowns after the coronavirus outbreak, the insurance regulator IRDAI on Monday, among other things, has provided the much needed relief to the life and health...
