by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Flexible and agile vaccination strategies can play a vital role in protecting lives in India as COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, according to a latest Lancet report. The report 'Responsive and Agile Vaccination Strategies Against COVID-19 in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: A section of Air India pilots on Friday sought compensation to the family of a pilot succumbing to coronavirus infection as per the central government norms besides providing job to one dependent member on compassionate grounds. In a letter to Prime...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | International News, Non-Life
New York: A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft with two crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing on the water off Honolulu early Friday after the pilots reported engine trouble, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Transair Flight 810 was "attempting to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: New supply of office spaces increased 75 per cent year-on-year to 25.11 million sq ft across seven major cities during the first six months of this calendar year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as realty firms remain bullish on revival in workspace...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Discount brokerage Upstox, backed by Ratan Tata and Tiger Global, says more than 70 per cent of its over 2 million new customers are first-time investors and under-36 — something even traditional brokerages also back given the massive over 20...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Asia’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, has a $10 billion plan to scale up zero-carbon hardware in India. Reliance Industries, the oil- and refining-heavy conglomerate that he controls, intends to develop four huge “giga factories” to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: A majority of urban Indians left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic want the government to guarantee them jobs like it does for people in rural areas, says a study by the London School of Economics. An overwhelming 82% of respondents surveyed for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life
People living in the national capital and in states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are more likely to contract COVID-19 due to prolonged exposure to high concentration of PM 2.5, according to a new pan-India study. Sixteen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
The researchers at the McMaster University recommend a combination of anti-clotting drugs and high doses of intravenous immunoglobulin to combat vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). VITT is a rare side effect of adenoviral vector vaccines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday reviewed the progress of the ambitious cloud-based Health care Information Management System (HIMS) and said it is likely to be rolled out by March next year. According to a statement issued by Chief...
