by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Lufthansa said it will operate its 10 weekly flights between India and Germany via Bahrain instead of Dubai from Sunday due to recent restrictions imposed by the UAE government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The German airline said in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With around 65 per cent of the total truck fleet in the country out of the road owing to lockdown and lockdown-like conditions in most of the states, the truck industry losses have mounted to around Rs 42,000 crore from the start of the fiscal till...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Across India's small towns and villages, local language newspapers are revealing that thousands more are probably dying of the coronavirus each day than the government's data show. The Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi newspaper popular across...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: As rural areas see a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus advising that peri-urban and rural areas plan a minimum 30-bedded COVID Care Centre for asymptomatic cases with comorbidities or mild...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's annual budget in February was lauded by many and raised hopes it would drive a sharp economic revival, but there are now fears that its promise may fall flat as it did not account for a crippling second wave of Covid-19 infections. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Mumbai: The second wave of the pandemic in the country is likely to have a ''short-term setback'' mostly affecting the blue-collar jobs and the gig or temporary workers especially in the retail, hospitality, aviation and construction industry,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Ireland’s data regulator can resume a probe that may trigger a ban on Facebook’s transatlantic data transfers, the High Court ruled on Friday, raising the prospect of a stoppage that the company warns would have a devastating impact on its business....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Idukki (Ker): Confining himself to his forest hamlet isolating from the outside world seems to be a non-issue for Rajesh, a tribal youth living in Oonjampara, a settlement located over five kms away from Marayur here. If anyone asks if he is not missing his...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MuMBAI: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Sunday announced an initiative to support its new tractor customers amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with provisions for health insurance of Rs 1 lakh and pre-approved emergency financial support to farmers. Under...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: UK''s Cairn Energy has identified USD 70 billion of Indian assets overseas for potential seizure to collect USD 1.72 billion due from the government — a move if successful will put India in league with Pakistan and Venezuela which faced...