by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 164.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.41 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19, which it advised should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Kolkatta: The coastal states of West Bengal and Odisha Wednesday started preparing for a possible cyclone hitting the eastern coast on May 26, in the backdrop of the devastating cyclone Taukte which hit the west coast of India on Monday. Chief Minister Mamata...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
With hundreds of millions of people now vaccinated against Covid-19, the coronavirus outbreak should begin to die down in places where a large chunk of the population has been inoculated. But that isn’t happening everywhere. Instead, two paths are...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Shortages in the semiconductor industry, which have already slammed automakers and consumer electronics companies, are getting even worse, complicating the global economy’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Chip lead times, the gap between ordering a chip...
