by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported 41,506 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. India's active caseload of COVID-19 cases is at 4,54,118. The active cases constitute 1.47 per cent of the total cases. The country also...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: A new COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' is much more dangerous than the Delta variant, said the UK Health Ministry adding that it has been detected in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks. On Monday, the Health Ministry tweeted, "The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
VENICE, Italy: An upsurge in new coronavirus variants and poor access to vaccines in developing countries threaten the global economic recovery, finance ministers of the world's 20 largest economies warned on Saturday. The G20 gathering in the Italian city of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Having escaped the worst when the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year, Southeast Asia is now suffering dramatic rises in deaths and cases, while vaccination shortfalls and highly contagious variants derail containment efforts. As countries like Britain,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | Indian News, Life, Policy
Mumbai: Post making changes to relevant rules facilitating the post of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director instead of an executive Chairman position in the IPO bound Life Insurance Corporation, the government has clarified that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues as the dominant strain of coronavirus and marked a sharp increase in the UK with 54,268 more cases logged on Friday, which marks a 32 per cent increase over the previous week. Public...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The central government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has asked all states and Union territories (UT) to ensure strict compliance with the national directives for COVID-19 management and take necessary measures under the Disaster Management Act....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pension & Social Security, Policy, Regulation
Lucknow: According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India with 220 million popoulation, will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
PEMBROKE, Bermuda: Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that its Commercial Property & Casualty (P&C) segment has expanded its global product capabilities...
