by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Pension & Social Security, Policy
New Delhi: The government may hike foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the pension sector to 74 per cent and a Bill in this regard is expected to come in the next Parliament session, according to sources. Last month, Parliament approved a Bill to increase FDI...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: As more and more states flag shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Top government sources told ANI that by end of the third quarter of this year, India will be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: In the highest single-day spike, India reported more than 1.52 lakh new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. This is the fifth consecutive day when more than one lakh cases have been reported in the country. According to the Union Health Ministry, the country...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Enough vaccines have now been administered to fully vaccinate about 5 per cent of the global population but the distribution has been lopsided. Most vaccines are going to the wealthiest countries. As of Thursday, 40 per cent of the Covid-19 vaccines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
As many as 60 countries, including some of the world’s poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global program intended to help them are blocked until as late as June. COVAX,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Jakarta: A strong earthquake killed at least six people and damaged buildings on Indonesia's main island of Java and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali, officials said Saturday. No tsunami warnings were posted. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.0...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Why are India's COVID-19 cases flaring up so sharply? There are no clear answers but top scientists say the complex interplay of mutant strains, a hugely susceptible population made more vulnerable by elections and other public events and the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Kathmandu: Five people have died so far trying to put out the fires that have been raging since January, said Sundar Sharma, a senior official of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Wild fires were burning in at least 60 places across...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Policy
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and MP Nursing Home Association to desist from ''exploiting'' the coronavirus situation by overcharging the affected persons in the wake of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: With a record 1,45,384 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,32,05,926, the health ministry said on Saturday The number of active cases has breached the 10-lakh mark again after around six-and-a-half months, while the death toll...
