by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2020 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Thursday said insurance regulator Irdai has given the final nod for merger of HDFC ERGO Health Insurance with HDFC ERGO General Insurance. In late September, the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai had okayed the scheme...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a new job creation scheme by giving subsidy to those establishments that make new hires. Addressing a press conference to announce more stimulus measures to boost growth, she said id the Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Washington: Self-reports of smell and taste changes can be earlier markers of the spread of the novel coronavirus than indicators based on hospital emergency room (ER) consultations, according to an international team of researchers.The team's study,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Insurance and reinsurance industry losses from wildfires across U.S. states, including California, Oregon and Colorado, were estimated to be more than $8 billion, according to a monthly report on global catastrophes by Aon Plc. Economic losses from the fires...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
AIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a decree to save a much-loved century-old fig tree from being cut down to make way for a Chinese-funded highway in the capital Nairobi. The presidential decree described the tree, the height of a four-storey...