by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: The risks are real and rising because the pace of vaccination has slowed down to under 3.4 million doses daily from 4 million earlier and also as many as 45% of the daily infections are being reported from rural areas, points Tanvee Gupta-Jain, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
A record number of Americans died of drug overdoses last year as pandemic lockdowns made getting treatment difficult and dealers laced more drugs with a powerful synthetic opioid, according to data released on Wednesday and health officials. U.S. deaths from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday indefinitely barred Mastercard Inc (MA.N) from issuing new debit or credit cards to domestic customers for violating data storage rules, dealing a blow to the U.S. company in a key market. In a notification,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Health, Indian News
Ranchi: Centre is concerned over safety of people living in the coal bearing areas of Jharia and Raniganj and new technologies are required to douse fire there, a top official said on Wednesday. To avoid any natural mishaps at Jharia and Raniganj coalfields in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, and a man swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany remained missing Wednesday. Firefighters resumed their search for the man in the Saxony state town of Joehstadt on Wednesday...