by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy, Risk Management
The world economy is on course for its fastest growth in more than a half century this year, yet differences and deficiencies could hold it back from attaining its pre-pandemic heights any time soon. The US is leading the charge into this week’s semi-annual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The personal data of more than half a billion Facebook Inc. users reemerged online for free on Saturday, a reminder of the company’s ability to collect mountains of information and its struggles to protect these sensitive assets. The leak includes...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
The aim of the UN-backed COVAX scheme is to get two billion vaccine doses into the arms of around a quarter of the population of poorer countries by the end of 2021. What are the main challenges that need to be overcome, if this historic global effort is to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The United States has put Johnson and Johnson in charge of a plant that ruined 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and has stopped British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc from using the facility, a senior health official said on Saturday. J&J said it was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported 93,249 new COVID-19 cases and 513 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. With these additional cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 1,24,85,509....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Johnson & Johnson has started testing its Covid-19 vaccine on adolescents, beginning with those ages 16 and 17 The teens will be added to an ongoing study of the vaccine in adults that began last September, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based drugmaker said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: A top Biden administration official says the government is undertaking a new effort to help electric utilities, water districts and other critical industries protect against potentially damaging cyberattacks. "Our aim is to ensure that control...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
A new study from a U.S. industry group found that the global semiconductor supply chain has become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and geopolitical disruptions because suppliers have become more concentrated in distinct regions. The report comes...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's daily coronavirus infections hit another record on Saturday for the highest tally since September, while daily deaths reached a five-month high, a Reuters count based on data from the health ministry showed. The south Asian nation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, a hacker has taken down a vaccine marketplace being run on the Dark Web, created fake orders, cancelled them and took refund in Bitcoins worth $752,000, a report showed on Thursday. According to a post on the market's...
