by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life
Hong Kong will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 20 for two weeks after the N501Y mutant COVID-19 strain was detected in the Asian financial hub for the first time, authorities said in a statement late on Sunday. The three...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
British health officials are investigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yet they do not have enough evidence to classify it is as a variant of concern, Susan Hopkins of Public Health England (PHE) said on Sunday. Speaking on the Andrew Marr...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The COVID-19 situation in India continues to deteriorate, as the country yet again reported the highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases with over 2.73 lakh fresh infections and 1,619 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have pulled out a net Rs 4,615 crore from Indian markets in April so far amid sharp escalation in COVID-19 cases and the consequent restrictions imposed by various states, unnerving overseas investors. According to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: More data is needed to establish if a third anti-COVID-19 booster dose will more effectively help in fighting the surge in infections in the country as currently its requirement has been based more upon conjecture, health experts said. India is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The country needs to prepare for "greater uncertainty" in terms of consumer as well as investor sentiments due to the second wave of coronavirus infections, and the government will respond with fiscal measures as and when required, Niti...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Risk Management
Enda Curran & Simon Kennedy Just as some patients recovering from Covid-19 suffer long-lasting symptoms, it’s becoming clear that the same will be true for the global economy once this year’s V-shaped rebound fades. While $26 trillion worth of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Passenger vehicle exports from India declined by 39 per cent in the last fiscal as disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic put brakes on the overseas shipments. Most of the damage was done in the first six months of the last fiscal when...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Eight Indian states — Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal — are highly vulnerable to climate change, according to a national climate vulnerability assessment report. These states,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday its cybersecurity unit has uncovered more digital attacks targeting the global COVID-19 vaccine supply chain since the issue was originally flagged late last year. The cloud services provider said it recently...
