by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, today broke ground for a new facility that will help strengthen countries' abilities to tackle nuclear terrorism in areas such as the illegal trafficking of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held under unprecedented conditions and tight quarantine rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections. Yet a number of cases have emerged involving athletes and other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
Big Tech platforms Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook were hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power. Below is the status of the cases, as well as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Facts, Health, Technology
In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralysed man unable to speak — and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen. It will take years of additional research but the study, reported Wednesday, marks an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: International Finance Corporation, member of the World Bank Group, is investing USD 16.5 million (around Rs 123 crore) in genetic diagnostics and research company MedGenome to increase access to COVID-19 testing in India. The partnership, apart from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Brussels: Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union's top court said on Thursday, in two cases brought by Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs after they started wearing the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday hailed the Cabinet decision to revise and realign schemes of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, saying the move sets the tone for the sector's transformation and benefit lakhs of people associated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: AXA XL Insurance today announced the appointment of Sylvie Gleises as Country Manager, Singapore effective September 1st, 2021, subject to regulatory approval. Ms. Gleises, today Global Head of Revenue Synergies and Head of Client Management for APAC...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for a return to normal life. The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 188.2 million, while the deaths have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
As someone who studies immune responses to respiratory infections, I've watched news of the emerging coronavirus variants with concern. I wondered whether vaccination or previous infection would provide protection against SARS-CoV-2 strains, especially the new,...
