by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday said it is expanding its 'COVID-19 Announcement' in India that will help health departments of states and union territories share essential COVID-19 related updates with their communities. India is the second...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Around 57.25 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in April, which is 26.8 per cent lower than 78.22 lakh who travelled in March, Indian aviation regulator DGCA said on Tuesday. According to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Two decades ago, Soumya Swaminathan watched her HIV-infected patients suffer often horrific and unnecessary deaths. There was a treatment for their disease, but they simply could not afford it. The World Health Organization's chief scientist told AFP the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Tata Consultancy Services CEO and MD Rajesh Gopinathan took home a pay package of about Rs 20.36 crore in 2020-21, according to the company's annual report. In 2019-20, Gopinathan had received a total remuneration of Rs 13.3 crore. According to TCS'...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Britain is increasingly confident that vaccines work against the coronavirus variant first found in India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, with a leading epidemiologist saying it may be spreading less quickly than at first feared. Johnson has...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: An important lesson COVID-19 has taught is that preparedness costs only a fraction of the impact of a pandemic, but the returns on this investment are exponential, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Wednesday, underlining the need for greater...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life
According to the Allianz Global Insurance Report, the insurance industry got off relatively lightly during the Corona crisis. Strong growth is expected for the insurance industry in 2021. Overall, premiums should rise by 5.1% globally. Unsurprisingly, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
London: Insurance brokers McGill and Partners in its aviation outlook 2021 report has said with reported losses of $118bn,2020 was an unprecedented challenge for aviation industry. As 2021 unfolds the near-term outlook still appears bleak for many airlines. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has registered over 23 per cent jump in the subscriber base under its two flagship pension schemes at 4.27 crore by the end of April this year, data showed on Wednesday. The overall subscriber...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: A new cyclonic storm, named Cyclone Yaas, is expected to start forming in the Bay of Bengal by May 22, informed RK Jenamani, senior scientist, National Weather Forecasting Centre, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. "Low pressure...
