by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Scammers are targeting banking customers in India using a novel phishing attack to collect sensitive information such as internet banking credentials, mobile number and OTP to carry out fraudulent transactions, the country's cyber security agency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
WHO to decide on authorising Indian-made vaccineA top vaccines official at the World Health Organisation says the agency expects to make a decision next month on an emergency authorisation for the Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech, a shot that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Seasonal monsoon flooding and associated convective storms continued in India throughout July, including a particularly intense spell from July 22-28. Hundreds of people were killed in July as the seasonal death toll rose to 534. Thousands of villages were inundated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India’s biggest automaker has warned that strict European-style emissions rules due to start next year will force up car prices, dealing another blow to an industry that was in a slump even before the pandemic hit. “Demand will fall further, and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: A bill to allow privatisation of state-run general insurance companies received parliamentary assent on Wednesday after the Rajya Sabha passed it with a voice vote amid vociferous protest and tearing of papers by opposition parties. The General Insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A six-member central team that visited eight districts of Kerala has said from August 1 to August 20, the state may witness around 4.6 lakh COVID-19 cases. The unlocking of activities, approaching of the Onam festival (August 20) and reopening of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Policy
New Delhi: The Indian government expects to list state-owned Life Insurance Corp (LIC) by the end of the current fiscal year, and collect 500 billion rupees ($6.72 billion) as dividends from state-run companies, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India's drug regulator has given approval for a study to be conducted by the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore on mixing of COVID-19 vaccines Covaxin and Covishield, official sources said on Wednesday. An expert panel of the Central Drugs...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance
MUNICH: Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, is bullish on the Indian market despite being hit hard by larger than expected Covid- 19 claims from the country. “We are keen on India and China among Asian markets. We have increased our exposure for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Coronavirus cases and hospitalisations in the United States are at a six-month high, fuelled by the rapid spread of the Delta variant across swathes of the country grappling with low vaccination rates. Nationwide, Covid-19 cases have averaged 100,000 for three days in...
