by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific and specialised domain knowledge. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and M R Shah said that the rationale for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Ahmedabad/Mumbai Cases of mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection, are on the rise among COVID-19 survivors, causing blindness or other serious issues, health officials in Maharashtra and Gujarat said on Saturday. Mathur Savani, chairman of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Indian News, Life, Policy
New Delhi: Even as Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) is gearing up for a mega IPO during the current fiscal, MR Kumar, chairman,LIC, is set to get an extension of one or two years as government has extended the retirement age for the post from 60 to 62...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Chandigarh: Days after eight Asiatic lions in the Hyderabad zoo tested positive for COVID-19, authorities in Punjab announced that all zoos and wildlife sanctuaries in the state will remain closed till May 31 as a precautionary measure. Zoo officials said animals were...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
BOSTON – In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for extortion payments made to ransomware criminals. AXA, among Europe's top five...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Moderna said Thursday its Covid-19 vaccine is 96 percent effective among youths aged 12 to 17, according to the results of its first clinical trials. Two-thirds of the 3,235 participants in trials in the United States received the vaccine and one-third were given a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Panjim: The Goa government on Thursday brought Covid-19 treatment under its flagship medical insurance scheme, which covers the entire population of the state. The move will allow patients to avail benefits under the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY)...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
Anirban Nag & Swansy Afonso After dipping into his savings to weather India’s snap pandemic lockdown last March, Manoj Kumar was just getting his head above water again earning 600 rupees ($8) a day as a construction worker in the tourist hotspot of Goa....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country's death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 7, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: The Banks Board Bureau, the recommending body for the appointment of Chairmen,CEOs and MDs of public sector banks and insurance companies,on Friday, has chosen Suchita Gupta, general manager, GIC Re as the CMD of National Insurance...
