by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Mumbai: The second wave of the pandemic took a "grievous toll" on India, but the dented economic activity has started recovering from late-May, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. In a first, Das flagged the rising data breaches...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Facts, Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has chosen an early female aerospace pioneer — an 82-year-old pilot denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender — to rocket into space with him later this month. The company announced...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
LONDON: Global cyber reinsurance rates have soared by up to 40% in the July renewal season, reinsurance broker Willis Re said on Thursday, as ransomware attacks increase in number and severity. A ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May shut the largest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Bengaluru: Digit Insurance, one of the youngest players in the Indian general insurance industry,saw its profit plunging by 30 per cent to Rs 123 crore in 2020-21 from Rs 175 crore in 2019-20, primarily due to claims from the COVID-19 policies. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The central government's Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has denied permission to Dr Reddy's Laboratories for conducting Phase 3 trials of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light in India. "The SEC has denied permission to Dr Reddy's to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the combination of nation's demographic dividend and data, with proven tech prowess presents immense opportunities as he exuded confidence the decade will be 'India's techade'. Speaking at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
UN: Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT), concluded the Second High-level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism, by summing up four of the strategic challenges facing the world today. He underscored the need for "inclusive,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Saheb Rao Shinde's family thought the worst was over when the 65-year-old recovered from COVID-19 last month at his home in western India. But a few weeks later, the revenue-stamp vendor lost sight in one eye. After a catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 in India...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Risk Management
Black Carbon has a significant adverse effect on human health and can lead to a premature death, according to a new study, which could help improve the estimation of the future air pollution mortality burden. The Indo-Gangetic plain is exposed to Black Carbon...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security, Policy
Geneva: Countries must prepare for future crises by setting up a Global Fund for Social Protection, a new international financing mechanism that will help protect their populations from the next pandemic says a new report presented today by Olivier De Schutter,...
