by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
New York: With most people working from home, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there has been a surge in cyber crime. The year 2021 saw 5,258 data breaches across the globe, a third more breaches analysed than last year, according to a report on Thursday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: As the Covid wave gradually shifts to rural areas, several states are gearing up to check its spread through self-proclaimed lockdowns by Panchayati Raj institutions, creating a database of migrants and providing free online medical consultation to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday as infections stayed below 400,000, and extended the interval between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to up to 16 weeks amid a dire shortage of shots in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
When will COVID-19 vaccines be widely available globally? Experts say it could be 2023 or later before the shots are widely available in some countries. The United States, Israel and the United Kingdom are among the nations where about half or more of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Governments across South Asia should treat as a warning the "human catastrophe" unfolding in India and Nepal, and immediately address healthcare shortages and strengthen their systems to respond to the rapid surge of COVID-19 cases, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: COVID cases are declining quickly while vaccinations continue to rise slowly but surely in the United States, the former epicenter of the pandemic. Many experts believe the time will soon be right for the federal government to ease its...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: The government is "pro-actively" looking at best possible options around WhatsApp new privacy rules, a senior Ministry of Electronics and IT official said on Thursday. WhatsApp had set May 15 for its users to accept a change in privacy...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday approved extending the gap between the two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks following a recommendation from a government panel, the Union health ministry said. However, the National Technical...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mixing doses of two leading Covid-19 vaccines increased patients’ side effects such as fatigue and headaches in early findings from a study that has yet to show how well such a cocktail defends against the virus. People who got a first dose of AstraZeneca...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: As states grapple with a shortage of coronavirus vaccines, the Centre Thursday said that over two billion doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December, enough to vaccinate the entire population. V K Paul,...
