by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Technology
Beijing: Responding to a growing demand for digital health services, Allianz Partners first launched the new comprehensive telehealth offering in Europe earlier this year. Supported by a partnership with MyDoc, this integrated virtual health assistant is now available...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Sept 16: everal Asian nations are quickly ramping up vaccination campaigns from shaky starts to combat growing COVID-19 infections, as supply shipments roll in and people overcome hesitancy in hopes of easing curbs and freeing up travel. Japan...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi, Sept 16: The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on Friday, which among other things may review the tax rate of over four-dozen items and extend till December 31, tax concessions on 11 COVID drugs. Also, taxing petrol and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
LONDON: Small companies in Britain, which demanded that their insurers cover claims for losses accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic, have received more than one billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in full and interim business interruption payouts to date. Businesses...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Technology
Paris, September 16: Capgemini and Efma’s World InsurTech Report 2021, published today, reveals that InsurTechs and BigTech players are leveraging significant capital inflows to boost technological development and fuel innovation, turning up the heat on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday. The virus-related economic downturn caused only a temporary downturn in CO2...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Afresh cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over north Bay of Bengal on September 17 and bring heavy rainfall over eastern India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. The IMD said north and central India are likely to witness...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts, Health
UN: The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing the risk...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal on Thursday said Ola Electric sold scooters worth over Rs 600 crore on the first day of the sale of its model S1. The executive noted that the company will shut the purchasing process from Thursday midnight. Ola Electric had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2021 | Facts, Health
Sepsis, a potentially life-threatening complication of an infection, is likely to kill more people by 2050 than cancer and heart attacks due to irrational use of antibiotics, said doctors and health experts here. Sepsis is a syndromic response to infection and is...
