by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: The finance ministry has asked public sector general insurance firms, especially National Insurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance, to rationalise branches and cut down avoidable expenses to improve their financial health,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India and the institutional ethics committee at the implementation site are investigating if the adverse event as claimed to have been suffered by a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant in Chennai are related to the shot...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child. The baby...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
TOKYO: This year’s postponement of the Tokyo Olympics because of the novel coronavirus cost about 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion), organisers have estimated, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing people involved with the event. The International...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: The Centre''s push for ethanol seems to have encouraged the sugar factories to increase cane crushing, as 149 mills in Maharashtra have produced 109 lakh quintal sugar within a fortnight of the beginning of the crushing season this year, an official...
