by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Munich: Munich Re said on Thursday it expected to receive claims for canceled or postponed events because of the coronavirus crisis in excess of 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion) this year after it posted a 65% drop in first-quarter profit. The German...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Technology
NEW DELHI: India will within days roll out a version of its coronavirus contact-tracing application that can run on mobile carrier Reliance Jio’s cheap phones, as it looks to increase the reach of the system, a senior government official said on Thursday....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Beijing: President Xi Jinping has cautioned people against complacency over the declining trend of coronavirus cases in the country as China on Thursday downgraded COVID-19 risk levels in all regions, signalling its successful containment. All...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
United Nations: The United Nations announced Thursday it is increasing its appeal to fight the coronavirus pandemic in fragile and vulnerable countries from 2 billion to 6.7 billion. U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock reiterated that the peak of the pandemic...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
London: The Bank of England held off further stimulus measures but said it was ready to take fresh action to counter the coronavirus hammering which could cause the country's biggest economic slump in over 300 years in 2020 before a bounceback in 2021. The...
