by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. A separate influenza strain, H1N1, that emerged from pigs...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India’s economy returned to growth in the three months to December and the recovery is expected to gather pace as consumers and investors shake off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, economists said.Fiscal and monetary policy could boost...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India said on Friday it will let people choose their coronavirus vaccination centres when the campaign expands next week, effectively letting beneficiaries pick either a home-grown shot or the AstraZeneca one, unlike now. The country will halt...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
ZURICH: The Geneva Association's new report, Climate Risk Assessment for the Insurance Industry, finds that, for both P&C and life re/insurers, climate change poses different levels of physical and transition risks to both sides of the balance sheet,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
NEW DELHI: India will halt coronavirus vaccinations this weekend to upgrade software used to coordinate its campaign, the health ministry said on Friday, preparing to expand the programme after infections surged in some states.With the world’s highest...
