by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Of the 21.7 billion active connected devices worldwide, more than 11.7 billion (54 per cent) will be Internet of Things (IoT) device connections at the end of this year — a first for the industry, a new report said on Friday. Despite the ongoing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic.The findings should...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company’s baby powder. Justice Gerald Lebovits...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
GENEVA: Wealthy nations on Friday reiterated their opposition to a proposal to waive intellectual property rules for COVID-19 drugs, three trade sources said, despite pressure to make an exception to improve access to drugs for poorer countries. Supporters of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc. could receive conditional European Union marketing authorization for their Covid-19 vaccines in the second half of next month, according to the head of the EU’s executive arm, putting the bloc on track to start distributing...
