by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday hailed the recent Supreme Court verdict that begging could not be banned until poverty is eradicated and said his government aims to put an end to it in the state in the next five years. No...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday that took its tally to 3,14,84,605 while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, declared force majeure at the country’s key container terminals after disruptions caused by a cyber attack five days ago. The measure covers the Durban, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: India is among the top 10 countries in pharma and healthcare sector with exponential growth recorded in the last five years, according to a report by Sagacious IP, a global IP research and consulting firm. The report stated that patents with Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: All documents required for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) have been submitted to WHO by Bharat Biotech for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin as of July 9 and the review process by the agency has commenced, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar told Rajya...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed ceiling prices of 355 medicines and 882 formulations under the National List of Essential Medicines, 2015, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. ''Most of the drugs that are part of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Technology
New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI on Tuesday said it is exploring the possibility of using next generation technological tools like blockchain and machine learning to ensure food safety and quality. Such tools assume importance as the current pandemic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
California's governor on Tuesday signed into law a major expansion of the state's Medicaid coverage to all low-income residents aged 50 and up regardless of their immigration status, extending eligibility to some 235,000 undocumented people. Governor Gavin...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Indian aviation market's recovery has been significantly impacted by caps on fare and capacity which have been placed by the government since May last year, the director general of global airlines body IATA, Willie Walsh, said on Tuesday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2021 | Blog, Health, Non-Life
Julie Leask, Professor, University of Sydney; and James Wood, Public health academic, UNSW Sydney, As we try to control COVID-19, many people are keen to know what proportion of the population will need to be vaccinated in order to reach “herd...
