by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: Indian states on Sunday began identifying high-risk zones where coronavirus lockdowns should continue while the rest of country gears up to reopen in June despite a record rise in COVID-19 cases, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
SYDNEY/LONDON/Karachi: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus SE A320 jet that crashed into a crowded residential district of Karachi last week killing 97 people on board was insured for $19.7 million, an airline document showed. Insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life, Risk Management
Kolkata: The domestic general insurers are now expecting a Rs 2000 crore hit from two states- West Bengal (WB) and Orissa where cyclone “Amphan'' has severly devastated some of parts of these two states. Till Saturday, the general insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Banking on developing herd immunity to fight coronavirus is “too large a risk” for any nation and only timely interventions can mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Shekhar...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Facts, Pension & Social Security, Policy
New Delhi: Is a divorced woman entitled to her freedom fighter father's family pension like an unmarried or widowed daughter? A high court said "yes", while another ruled: "No. It is not a bounty." The Supreme Court has now agreed...
