by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Discussions are underway on whether India should have a four or eight weeks interval for Covishield vaccine, Chairman of India's COVID-19 Working Group of NTAGI, Dr N K Arora, said. He also said that the emerging evidence and reports regarding...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. was the victim of a months-long web-scraping operation by a marketing consultant that siphoned up sensitive data including usernames and phone numbers, according to a court case that wrapped in June. A central Chinese court ruled that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Regulation
With close gathering of shoppers in markets and restaurants resuming business amid phased unlock in the national capital, doctors on Tuesday cautioned that Delhi could face a “worse than second wave situation" of COVID-19 if people do not adhere to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Japan considering limited domestic spectators at Olympics – mediaJapanese officials in charge of coronavirus countermeasures will hold a news conference later on Wednesday, with domestic media reporting that a proposal to allow limited numbers of domestic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India is considering offering as much as Rs 500 billion ($6.8 billion) of credit incentives to boost health care infrastructure in the nation hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The program will allow...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday banned the sale, storage, transportation, and marketing of soaps and detergents not conforming to the latest BIS parameters to curb pollution in the Yamuna river. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in January...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Like many other twenty-somethings in India, Beverly Coutinho kept postponing buying a life insurance policy, until a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths made her confront her own mortality. "I saw people my own age dying, which prompted me to get...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Risk Management
Cristiano Ronaldo does not appear to be a fan of carbonated soft drinks after the Portugal captain removed two bottles of Coca-Cola kept in front of him at Monday's Euro 2020 press conference, encouraging people to drink water instead. Ronaldo’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday her government is closely watching a nearby Chinese nuclear power plant following a news report that it might be leaking. The plant's operators have released few details, but nuclear experts say based on their brief...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi Microblogging platform Twitter has lost its status as an intermediary platform in India as it does not comply with new IT rules, informed government sources on Wednesday. The Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad,...
