by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Chennai: With the likelihood of a possible third wave of Covid-19, the Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy here has formed an expert committee to guide the government in handling the crisis. The five-member committee consists of Siddha experts...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant of COVID-19, a Pfizer official in Israel said on Thursday. First identified in India, Delta is becoming the globally dominant version of the coronavirus, according to the World Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has instructed the state health department to make ample preparations for the possible COVID third wave including providing oxygen, ICU beds, field hospital facilities to all the districts. In a notice issued...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Regulation
New Delhi,June 24: After a ferocious second wave of Covid-19 pandemic that has swept India in recent months insurance companies have settled about 80 per cent i.e., over 15.39 lakh health claims exceeding an amount of Rs 15,000 crore as on June...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Health, International News, Pandemic
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it plans to move quickly to add a warning about rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults to fact sheets for the Pfizer/BioNTech, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. U.S. Centers for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
Mumbai: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced a Rs 75,000 crore investment in setting up four ‘Giga’ factories to make solar photovoltaic cells, green hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells over the next three years. Addressing the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
NEW DELHI: Google deepened its partnership with Reliance Jio on Thursday with an "ultra-affordable" smartphone which could connect hundreds of millions of customers to high-speed mobile data and a cloud tie-up to boost the Indian telecoms firm's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Banks in the European Union must have a 10-year plan spelling out how they will deal with environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to their bottom line, the bloc's banking watchdog said on Wednesday. Increasing volumes of money are going into...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
BRUSSELS: The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to pool resources and expertise from the EU's 27 countries for a joint cyber unit to fight online criminals amid a spate of high profile hacks in Europe and worldwide. The EU executive said authorities needed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | International News, Life, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Azentio Software, a Singapore-headquartered software products business owned by Funds advised by Apax, has acquired Candela Labs, a technology firm specialising in automation and digital solutions for insurance firms. This is Azentio’s first...