by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Major cities of Gujarat will soon get evening clinics in areas that have high concentration of labourers, daily wagers and poor people, where free treatment will be provided for basic ailments, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Wednesday. Speaking to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its forecast for full-year sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed with Germany's BioNTech by nearly 29% to $33.5 billion, as nations stock up on doses for the rest of the year. The company also said on Wednesday it could...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: Over 6.07 lakh cyber security incidents were observed in the country during the first half of 2021, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is mandated to track and monitor cyber security incidents in India,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI: More than 70% of people in eight of India's large states are estimated to have COVID-19 antibodies, a government survey showed on Wednesday, suggesting that a second surge in infections affected many more people than the reported figures. The survey, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is planning on having 70 aircraft within four years for a new airline he wants to set up in India on optimism more people will travel by air. Jhunjhunwala, who is considering investing $35 million and would own 40% of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
DUBLIN: Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today introduced the new Aon Executive Committee (AEC). The Aon executive committee is now responsible for executing on the firm's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Policy
While many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows some are failing to address the problem of emerging nicotine and tobacco products. Compared with 2007, more than four times as many people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Melbourne: The global banking sector is clawing its way back to normalcy, according to a new report by S&P Global Ratings. The strong support by authorities for households and corporates over the course of Covid-19 has clearly helped banks, it said. Lenders...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Boston: Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has announced the release of significantly updated AIR Earthquake and Typhoon Models for Japan. The past several years has reaffirmed the vulnerability of Japan to typhoons and earthquakes and prompted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Russia has proposed to the United Nations to expand the number of internationally designated types of cybercrimes from nine to 23, Deputy Prosecutor General Petr Gorodov told Sputnik. Russia submitted the world's first-ever draft convention on countering...