by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Dehradun: Houses in some villages and roads were damaged in two separate cloudburst incidents in Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand on Monday. However, there is no information about any human casualties in the incidents, the state emergency operation...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Warren Buffett ended long-running speculation about his successor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc by saying Greg Abel, who oversees the conglomerate's non-insurance businesses, would be named chief executive if he were to step down. Buffett, 90, told CNBC...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: There are 4.68 lakh beds for COVID-19 patients in over 2,084 dedicated hospitals across the country, the Centre has told Supreme Court. The fact about the availability of dedicated hospital beds in the country has been noted down in its order by a bench...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Indian News, Life
Mumbai: The life insurer had posted a net profit of Rs 531 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year 2019-20. Total income in January-March 2021 jumped multi-fold to Rs 20,897 crore, compared with Rs 5,675 crore in the year-ago period,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Mumbai: The second wave of COVID-19 and the resultant localised lockdowns have impacted over 75 lakh jobs, taking the unemployment rate to a four-month high of 8 per cent, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said on Monday. The situation on the employment...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday chaired a meeting with the Additional Municipal Commissioner (MCGM) Mumbai Sanjeev Jaiswal and suggested creating a paediatric covid care ward anticipating the next wave of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Pune: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, which has has emerged as the fifth largest general insurance company in 20 years of its operations, has reported a massive 33.2 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 1,330 crore for the year to March 2021 compared to that of Rs 999...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Beijing: China has listed 33 apps, including from tech giants like Baidu and Tencent, that reportedly collected users data. The listed apps have been directed to plug the loopholes in less than 15 days. Citing complaints from users, the Cyberspace Administration of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
JAKARTA: Indonesia has recorded its first cases of a highly infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India, the health minister said on Monday, as authorities implored people not to travel to their hometowns for the end of the Muslim fasting month....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Treating the current coronavirus wave like a war, the armed forces have launched operation “CO-JEET” to aid anti-COVID-19 efforts, like strengthening medical infrastructure and oxygen supply chains, as well as take measures to ensure...
