by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Technology
Washington DC: The word "cyberattack" usually brings to mind hackers breaking into a company or government agency, wreaking havoc and stealing valuable data. But for an employee at a Florida water treatment facility, an even scarier event took place...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of new strains of COVID-19 in the state as "some patients are showing behaviours other than routine ones." "New Strains are suspected because we are seeing other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Bibhudatta Pradhan & Dhwani Pandya India’s failure to quickly examine Covid-19 samples for new variants risks hurting its battle against a record surge of infections, with scientists warning the delays could damage everything from vaccine efficacy to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept interest rates steady at record lows on Wednesday, as widely expected, sticking to its accommodative monetary policy amid concerns that rising COVID-19 infections could derail the country’s nascent economic recovery....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that wearing of a mask while drivingalone in a private vehicle was mandatory during COVID-19, noting that the face covering is like a 'suraksha kavach' amid the pandemic. Justice Prathiba M Singh also refused...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India is experiencing a sudden incline in COVID-19 cases for the past few weeks. It reported 1,15,736 new COVID-19 cases and 630 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry official website. It is the highest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Zurich: The World Health Organization does not back requiring vaccination passports for travel due to uncertainty over whether inoculation prevents transmission of the virus, as well as equity concerns, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. "We as WHO are saying...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of Covid-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts across the globe. Worldwide Covid-19 deaths are rising once again,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Led by domestic energy giant Reliance Industries, many global energy and industrial players on Tuesday came together to form a new energy transition coalition, called the India H2 Alliance (IH2A), to help commercialise hydrogen technologies in their bid to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: India's domestic passenger traffic slipped to a 10-year low at an estimated 53.4 million in the just-concluded financial year, a report said. However, in the previous fiscal there were no passenger flight operations for almost two months due to the...
