by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
A wave of the contagious Delta variant is causing companies to reconsider when they will require employees to return, and what health requirements should be in place when they do. Several hospital systems that previously held off making vaccines mandatory for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
New Delhi: About 37.8 per cent of children aged 10 years have Facebook accounts, while 24.3 per cent in the same age group are on Instagram, which is seemingly in contravention to the guidelines laid down by various social networking platforms, the apex child...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz vowed to spend more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) this decade to electrify its lineup and defend its position as the world’s best-selling luxury-car maker through a historic industry transformation. The manufacturer plans...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
China's vaccine-development system has been busy during the pandemic. Two Chinese vaccines are now being used around the world: the Sinopharm vaccine and the CoronaVac vaccine. The latter, developed by the Sinovac Biotech Company, is the latest COVID-19 vaccine to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
Around 620 brands have witnessed reduction in prices so far with the government capping trade margins on five critical medical devices such as pulse oximeter and digital thermometer, used extensively in the treatment and prevention of Covid-19, at 70 per cent...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
New Delhi: The government has amended the rules pertaining to incorporation of companies under the Companies Act, 2013 and the changes will come into effect from September 1. The corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, 2013, has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: India is discussing a plan to create so-called power islanding systems in several cities to protect critical infrastructure from potential attacks on the electricity grid, power minister Raj Kumar Singh said. Cities including Bengaluru, known as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 193.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.14 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.78 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Life, Non-Life
India's economic rebound, already weakened in recent months, could lose further momentum as coronavirus variants pose the greatest threat and inflation rises, a Reuters poll of economists found. The latest survey results suggest difficult policy decisions lie...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Alternative work arrangements in the gig economy have the potential to absorb more women and increase their participation in the workforce with some amount of reskilling, according to a latest study. Gig economy is a labour market characterised by the...
