by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Hyderabad: In its new Standard Domestic Travel Insurance Policy, the insurance regulator IRDAI has allowed five plans which can be designed by the general and health insurers. All general and health insurers will endeavour to offer...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week is likely to fall in international waters, China's Global Times reported on Wednesday, amid concerns it could cause damage on re-entry to Earth. The Long March 5B blasted...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New York: There is consensus among scientists and public health experts that reaching 'herd immunity' is unlikely in the US, when it comes to Covid-19, the media reported. According to The New York Times, the experts believe that the virus will most likely...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Ambassadors from World Trade Organisation countries on Wednesday resumed discussions on trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind Covid-19 vaccines amid growing pressure on rich nations to relax them – as a way to help poorer countries fight the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Scientists at Swansea University have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, within the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Berlin: Officials in Germany proposed Wednesday accelerating the plans to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by setting a new goal of reaching “net-zero” by 2045. Under the proposal announced by Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Regulation
Mumbai: A top panel, constituated by the government in 2019 under the chairmanship of Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development of India, has recently submitted its report on the ways to increase insurance penetration in the country....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday said that a third wave of coronavirus pandemic was "inevitable", although a time-frame for it could not be predicted. In a press briefing by the Ministry of Health Affairs on Wednesday, officials said the long...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
CHENNAI/MUMBAI: Weakened by fever and gasping for breath, 47-year-old Vinod Kumar died in an ambulance more than 60 km (35 miles) from his home in India's eastern Bihar state, far from the big cities at the centre of the nation's devastating COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The death of COVID-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen is a "criminal act and not less than a "genocide", said that the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday amid reports of shortage of medical oxygen due to rise in COVID-19...
