by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) showed no antiviral activity in hospitalised patients with Covid-19 in Norway, according to a study published on Tuesday. While HCQ is used to prevent or treat malaria, Remdesivir is sold as an antiviral drug. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
The World Health Organization wants everybody to wear masks, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccinated people often don’t need to wear them. So whom do we listen to? Virus experts and public health researchers also offer mixed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
ISMAILIA: The Ever Given container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal in March left Egyptian waters at 4 a.m. local time following inspections at Port Said, a canal source said on Tuesday. Ship tracker MarineTraffic showed the Ever Given to be underway in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced its new electric vehicle (EV) policy with an aim of making such vehicles achieve 10 per cent share of total registrations by 2025. The new policy, which has updated the one announced in 2018, was released by Additional...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Facts, Health, Non-Life, Policy
WASHINGTON: Medicare on Monday launched a formal process to decide whether to cover Aduhelm, the new Alzheimer's drug whose $56,000-a-year price tag and unproven benefits have prompted widespread criticism and a congressional investigation. A final decision...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Technology
Beijing: Tech experts in China who find a weakness in computer security would be required to tell the government and couldn't sell that knowledge under rules further tightening the Communist Party's control over information. The rules would ban private sector...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Mumbai: The surge in fuel prices is making people spend less on non-discretionary items like grocery, health and utilities, economists at the country's largest lender SBI said on Tuesday. The government should look at cutting taxes on oil, which is keeping the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. is considering a bid for Indian government incentives for solar power manufacturing, as the fossil-fuels giant begins a $10 billion push into clean energy, according to people familiar with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Informing that many countries around the globe are witnessing the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Ministry on Tuesday cautioned the citizens to ensure that it does not hit India. "The world is witnessing third wave (of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Thrissur(Ker): A woman medico, who was India's first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said here on Tuesday. "She is reinfected with COVID-19. Her RT-PCR is positive, antigen is negative. She is...
