by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Policy, Regulation
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use on certain crops. The European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal by Bayer to overturn a lower EU...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders said Thursday that in the wake of the U.S. backing patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccine technology, the 27-nation bloc immediately will start discussing whether they should join such a move. The leaders' first opportunity to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
A potential World Trade Organization waiver of patent and trade secret protections for Covid-19 vaccines would leave pharmaceutical companies with limited legal avenues to recover costs. The U.S. on Wednesday expressed support for a temporary waiver, sending...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country's explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Saturday. In an interview with AFP, Soumya...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day on Sunday as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted. India's health ministry reported 4,092 fatalities over the past 24 hours,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Guwahati: An online flood reporting and information management system was launched on Saturday in Assam, which faces severe deluge every year, an official said. The online system developed jointly by Assam State Disaster Management Agency and UNICEF will replace the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: In a significant directive to the states and Union Territories, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday said requirement of a positive COVID-19 test report is not mandatory for admission to a health facility. In its revised national policy for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
NEW DELHI: Demanding compensation on a par with frontline workers, the largest union of the Railways said that railwaymen losing their lives while working during the coronavirus crisis deserved Rs 50 lakh as compensation. In a letter to Railway Minister Piyush...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, India continued to report more than four lakh daily coronavirus infections for the fourth day on the trot. With this, the cumulative national tally of the infection went up to 2,22,96,414, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Colonial Pipeline is working to restore operations after a cyber-attack prompted the company to take its systems offline, threatening the supply of refined petroleum products to gas stations in major cities on the U.S. eastern seaboard. Colonial, which runs the...
