by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Consumer sentiment in India stayed put near a record low in July, weighed down by lower income and higher cost of living, according to a Reserve Bank of India survey. The current situation index was at 48.6 in July from 48.5 in May, showed the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The economic catastrophe set off by Covid-19, now deep into its second year, has battered millions of people. In South Africa and many other countries, far more have been pushed over the edge. An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation
Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi on Friday agreed ''in-principle'' to a proposal to move from the concept of the promoter to ''controlling shareholders'', and decided to reduce the minimum lock-in period for promoters post an IPO....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
SEOUL: For the first time in South Korea, a nursing assistant who was paralysed after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine was recognised as a victim of an industrial accident, making her eligible for government benefits and compensation. The nursing assistant, who has not...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics is USD 15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. What else could those billions buy? The ballpark figure for building a 300-bed hospital in Japan is USD 55 million. So you could...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: Africa Specialty Risks (“ASR”), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has launched a licensed reinsurance entity in Bermuda. The Group will offer a full suite of products from its Bermudan reinsurer, including Political Risk & Trade...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
London: Britain launched a government-backed reinsurance scheme totaling more than 750 million pounds ($1 billion) on Thursday to cover live events against cancellation risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after intense industry lobbying. Insurers stripped...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Department of Science and Technology (DST) received 478 proposals under the SATYAM programme to study effects of yoga and meditation in fighting COVID-19, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday. In a written reply to a question in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The number of electric vehicles operating in the medium and heavy passenger vehicle category has increased from 124 in 2018 to 1,356 as of date, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, Road Transport and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 6, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
NEW YORK: Moody's Corporation and RMS announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Moody’s to acquire RMS, a leading global provider of climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics, for approximately $2.0...
