by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, as the government said it was working to boost vaccine supplies to avert deaths beyond the pandemic toll of more than 270,000. The number of deaths in...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The overall COVID-19 situation in the country is stabilizing and the government will work towards ensuring further stabilisation, NITI Aayog member V K Paul said on Saturday. At a press conference on Saturday, top health officials said 10 states account for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said on Friday it expects to get 36 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in the next couple of months under its contract with Russia's sovereign wealth fund. India's catastrophic second wave of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Indian News, Policy, Risk Management
Washington,May 15: Cairn Energy has sued India’s flagship carrier Air India to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitration award that it won in a tax dispute against India, according to a U.S. District Court filing reviewed by Reuters. The move ratchets up...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant first identified in India that could knock a re-opening of the economy off track. The United Kingdom has delivered one...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
India’s devastating Covid-19 crisis is threatening operations at some of its biggest ports, raising concern the action could trigger shipping delays that reverberate through global supply chains. Karaikal Port in southern India invoked force majeure until May 24...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud fell sharply in the first four months of the year, but crime in the booming “decentralized finance” space hit an all-time high, a report from crypto intelligence company CipherTrace showed on...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With 3,26,098 new COVID-19 cases and 3,53,299 recoveries, India recorded more recoveries than the fresh infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry's data on Saturday. The cumulative caseload touched 2,43,72,907...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New York State regulators in New York will soon draft rules that will require employers to protect workers from airborne infectious disease. A new state law tasks state labor and health officials with coming up with minimum workplace standards around things...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
Bhubaneswar: Putting technology to use for better COVID management and quick transfer of patients to the Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCH) and COVID Care Centres (CCC), the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started GPS tracking of ambulances....
