by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With around 65 per cent of the total truck fleet in the country out of the road owing to lockdown and lockdown-like conditions in most of the states, the truck industry losses have mounted to around Rs 42,000 crore from the start of the fiscal till...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Across India's small towns and villages, local language newspapers are revealing that thousands more are probably dying of the coronavirus each day than the government's data show. The Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi newspaper popular across...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: As rural areas see a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus advising that peri-urban and rural areas plan a minimum 30-bedded COVID Care Centre for asymptomatic cases with comorbidities or mild...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's annual budget in February was lauded by many and raised hopes it would drive a sharp economic revival, but there are now fears that its promise may fall flat as it did not account for a crippling second wave of Covid-19 infections. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Mumbai: The second wave of the pandemic in the country is likely to have a ''short-term setback'' mostly affecting the blue-collar jobs and the gig or temporary workers especially in the retail, hospitality, aviation and construction industry,...