by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington:, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine to administer an additional dose in people with weaker immune systems, which includes organ transplant recipients. The third dose will...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: India is inspecting accounts of L&T Employees Welfare Foundation Pvt Ltd, a unit of Larsen and Toubro Ltd., for allegations of cheating and misappropriation of funds, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Registrar of Companies has issued...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India is set to allow Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets to resume flights in the country within days, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The country has been satisfied with the plane's performance since it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
A Covid outbreak that has partially shut one of the world’s busiest container ports is heightening concerns that the rapid spread of the delta variant will lead to a repeat of last year’s shipping nightmares. The Port of Los Angeles, which saw its volumes...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
There has been a 64 per cent increase in ransomware attacks between August 2020 and July 2021, revealed a report on Thursday. Barracuda, a cloud-enabled security solutions provider, in its latest Threat Spotlight, analysed 121 ransomware incidents between August 2020...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Technology
A new strategy by Warwick University for modelling the spread of COVID-19 incorporates smartphone-captured data on people's movements and shows promise for aiding the development of optimal lockdown policies. Ritabrata Dutta of Warwick University, UK, and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the national vehicle scrappage policy, adding it will help phase out unfit and polluting vehicles. The vehicle scrappage policy will bring in investments of around Rs 10,000 crore, he said. Modi made the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Technology
UN human rights experts* today called on all States to impose a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology until they have put in place robust regulations that guarantee its use in compliance with international human rights standards....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: After 42,295 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 3,85,227 and now only constitute 1.2 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Recognising the role of innovations to strengthen India's response to COVID-19 crisis and preparedness for emerging healthcare needs, the National Health Authority has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Through this...
