by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Johnson & Johnson said late Thursday that its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed strong promise against the Delta variant and other emerging strains and also provided durable protection against the infection more broadly. Data showed that the durability of immune...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: An expert panel constituted by the government has recommended against granting permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to conduct phase two and three clinical trials of Covavax COVID-19 vaccine on children aged between 2-17 years, said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that there is not much data available on the Delta plus variant to suggest that it is more infective or has a higher rate of mortality. He advised...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BENGALURU: Indian drugmaker Zydus Cadila said on Thursday it has applied for emergency use approval of its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine that showed efficacy of 66.6% in an interim study and could become the second home-grown shot if regulators consent....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
UN News: OIn Wednesday, leaders from around the world will gather in Paris and online, in a massive push for gender equality. In the early months of the pandemic, the UN projected that quarantines and lockdowns could lead to a shocking 15 million additional...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography
The number of international migrant workers globally has risen to 169 million, a rise of three per cent since 2017, according to the latest estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO). The share of youth migrant workers (aged 15-24) has also increased,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation
London: A new report released in London on Thursday calls for the development of a deep, liquid corporate bond market in India to fund the country's large infrastructure investment needs and its transition to a low carbon economy. 'Unleashing the potential of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Indian insurers received 22,205 death claims worth Rs 1,644 crore during 2020-21 where the demise was due to COVID-19, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its bi-annual Financial Stability Report (FSR) on Thursday. The industry settled 21,854 death...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: India has ramped up its medical infrastructure and is well prepared to deal with the situation if there is a third wave of COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, adding that enhanced revenue collection would help in meeting...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday launched the 'YSR Bima' scheme with new guidelines, where the government itself will directly pay the insurance amount to the family of deceased to make the...
