by AIP Online Bureau | May 21, 2021 | Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Regulation, Technology
New Delhi: Insurance sector regulator Irdai has slapped a fine of Rs 24 lakh on policy aggregator Policybazaar for violating advertisement norms with regard to SMS sent to customers last year about increase in term insurance policy premiums. The matter relates...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Kids aged between four and six in the United States will likely be able to get Covid-19 vaccinations by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said at an event on Wednesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported on Friday 259,551 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 4,209. The South Asian nation's infection tally stands at 26.03 million, with a death toll of 291,331, health ministry data showed.ctive...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Nasal droplets fall within 2 metres from a Covid-19 infected person and the aerosols can travel in air up to 10 metres, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser said on Thursday, adding that proper ventilation can decrease the risk of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
China said Thursday it is providing Covid-19 vaccines to nearly 40 African countries, describing its actions as purely altruistic in an apparent intensification of what has been described as "vaccine diplomacy." The vaccines were donated or sold at...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains "fragile" and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization's Europe director warned on Thursday but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe. Regional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Social media giant Facebook said it has received 40,300 requests from the Indian government for user data in the second half of 2020. This was 13.3 per cent higher from the January-June 2020 period when India had made 35,560 total requests, according to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: RMSI, a Delhi based global catastrophe risk management consultancy offering solutions for risks associated with natural and man-made hazards, has estimated that initial potential economic losses out of Cyclone Tauktae are about Rs 15,000 crore,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
Mumbai: Despite the recovery seen in the second half of FY21, private sector investments in new projects have hit a rock bottom at Rs 5.18 lakh crore, the lowest since FY05 when it was Rs 5.63 lakh crore, and given the second wave of the pandemic and the...
