by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: On-site registration and appointment has now been enabled for the 18-44 years age group on the CoWin platform for COVID-19 vaccination, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. However, this feature is being enabled only for government COVID...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Ports on India's eastern coast on Sunday restricted shipping activities and asked vessels to vacate anchorages ahead of a cyclonic storm expected to make landfall on Wednesday, port authorities and trade sources said. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Fresh COVID-19 infections in India dipped to 2,22,315, the lowest in round 38 days, pushing the total tally of coronavirus cases to 2,67,52,447, while the death toll crossed the 3-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio has introduced two bills to counter China's efforts to collect US healthcare and genomics data both legally and illegally. For years, Beijing has collected vast amounts of health care data in the United States through illegal...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
Mumbai: Amidst the prevailing COVID-19 situation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has informed that there has been no reported case of transmission of COVID-19 from animals to human beings. While speaking to ANI, PETA India CEO, Manilal...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management, Technology
A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key that they said could be used to unlock computers infected with ransomware. While seeming to offer an olive branch —...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
MILAN: Italy’s antitrust watchdog said on Friday it had opened an investigation into an alleged cartel among insurance companies and insurance price comparison companies to limit competition for automobile insurance. In a statement, the Italian...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses and insurers underestimate that escalating risk, according to one of the world’s leading reinsurance firms....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the private sector posed by climate change. An executive order Biden issued Thursday calls for concrete steps to mitigate...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report. The...
