by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi India’s coronavirus cases may peak between May 3-5, according to a mathematical model of a team of scientists advising the government, a few days earlier than a previous estimate as the virus has spread faster than expected. The world's...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that could "possibly evade immune response" and require more study, a leader of the forum has told...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic
Devjyot Ghosha and Krishna Das A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who are part of the forum told...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Bharuch: At least 18 coronavirus (Covid-19) patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday. There were around 50 other patients at the four- storeyed Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India for the first time has reported more than 4 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. A total of 4,01,993 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative count of the cases to 1,91,64,969, the Union Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 30, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: With a positive combined ratio of 99.8 per cent ,SBI General Insurance, one of India’s fastest growing general insurance companies, reported a net profit of Rs. 544 crore,up by 32 per cent year on year (Y-O-Y), in FY 2020-21. The company had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington DC: US President Joe Biden on Friday issued a proclamation, restricting travel to the United States of all non-citizens who have stayed in India in the past 14 days. The proclamation, which comes into effect on May 4, has been issued due to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 30, 2021 | Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Mumbai: Kotak Mahindra Group (Kotak) today announced with wffective 1st May 2021, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited (Kotak Life) will be headed by Mahesh Balasubramanian as managing director (MD) while Kotak General Insurance Company (Kotak...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Countries need to put in place sound and resilient occupational safety and health (OSH) systems that would minimize the risks for everyone in the world of work in the event of future health emergencies, says the International Labour Organization (ILO) in a report,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 30, 2021 | Indian News, Policy
New Delhi, Apr 30: The government, on Friday, has asked for applications for appointment of chairperson in the Hyderabad based Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI). The incumbent chairman Subhash Chandra Khuntia, 63,IAS (retd) of...