by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
BENGALURU Indian shares slid on Monday as daily coronavirus infections surpassed 100,000 for the first time, and some states imposed fresh restrictions on outdoor movement, sparking concerns about the pace of the country’s economic recovery. The NSE Nifty 50...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Facing the worst wave of pandemic yet, India reported more than 1,03,558 cases new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Monday. With this, India entered the list of countries, along with the US, to report more than 1...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
A new measles outbreak has flared up in the Democratic Republic of Congo just eight months after authorities declared an end to the worst known outbreak in the country's history, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. More than 13,000 cases of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
London: Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed the grim milestone of 130 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.86 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New York: Researchers have identified 13 new rare genomic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease in a first-of-its-kind human genome study. The lesser-known gene mutations may hold critical information about the biology of the disease and can lead to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan approved the 'National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021' which aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases, with increased focus on indigenous research and local production of medicines, an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: A hacker has posted the phone numbers and sensitive account details of nearly 533 million Facebook users — about a fifth of the social networking platform's entire user base — including over 61 lakh Indian users which has been dumped...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Mumbai: India's richest state, Maharashtra, announced stringent COVID-19 restrictions from Monday, after a rapid rise in infections now accounting for more than half the daily new cases in India. The state, which includes the financial capital Mumbai,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation and the vaccination programme amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Sources said top officials, including cabinet secretary, principal secretary to the...
