by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Indian News, Risk Management
Eicher Motors-owned Royal Enfield said on Wednesday it will recall close to 236,966 motorcycles across some models due to defects in the ignition coil that can cause misfiring and, in rare cases, an electric short circuit. Royal Enfield is an iconic brand in India,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Thursday urged the state governments to make ‘mucormycosis’ or black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. All Government and private health facilities, medical colleges should follow...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the strategy to deal with COVID-19 should be dynamic, innovative and constantly upgraded as he underlined the dangers posed by the virus which, he noted, is invisible and often mutates. India...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday constituted a 3-member High-Level Committee to inquire into the incident of several vessels drifting into the sea due to the Cyclone Tauktae. The committee has been asked to submit its inquiry...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 164.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.41 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19, which it advised should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Kolkatta: The coastal states of West Bengal and Odisha Wednesday started preparing for a possible cyclone hitting the eastern coast on May 26, in the backdrop of the devastating cyclone Taukte which hit the west coast of India on Monday. Chief Minister Mamata...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
With hundreds of millions of people now vaccinated against Covid-19, the coronavirus outbreak should begin to die down in places where a large chunk of the population has been inoculated. But that isn’t happening everywhere. Instead, two paths are...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Shortages in the semiconductor industry, which have already slammed automakers and consumer electronics companies, are getting even worse, complicating the global economy’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Chip lead times, the gap between ordering a chip...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Technology
Emma Batha As COVID-19 strains Pakistan's health system, tens of thousands of women doctors are sitting at home, their talents squandered in a country where millions have no access to medical care. Many families encourage their daughters to study medicine...
