by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India added 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 2,37,03,665, while the death toll rose to 2,58,317 with 4,120 daily fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
China is expected to reach a "turning point" between 2026 and 2030 with its population plateauing or even shrinking as fewer babies mean a slowdown and then a reversal in the momentum of growth, a state think tank said on Wednesday. The world's most...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Beijing: Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027, surpassing China where a steady drop in the birth rate has been recorded in the last few years. India is expected...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Citing the unprecedented rise in COVID cases in the country, the Centre on Wednesday allowed its employees with recognised qualifications to undertake medical practice or teleconsultation. Such practice is to be undertaken during spare time and on a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
United Nations: The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that “resurgence and acceleration” of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Health, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
DUBLIN, May 12: Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson today announced they have signed a definitive agreement to sell Willis Re and a set of Willis Towers Watson corporate risk and broking and health and benefits services to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
A new transparent global system should be set up for probing disease outbreaks, empowering the World Health Organization to deploy investigators at short-notice and reveal findings, a COVID-19 pandemic review panel said on Wednesday. The WHO should have...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
San Francisco, Apple protected customers from more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions on its App Store, preventing the attempted theft of their money, information and time and kept nearly a million risky new apps out of their hands last...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Criminals launched more websites to trick people into giving up data, downloading malware and sending them money during 2020, taking advantage of pandemic lockdown by pretending to be celebrities, shops and government agencies. The UK’s National Cyber...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Pension & Social Security, Technology
MADRID: Food delivery companies based in Spain have three months to convert their couriers into staff workers under new rules approved on Tuesday by the government, one of the first laws in Europe regarding gig-economy workers’ rights. The decree, which...
