by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre to explain the rationale behind keeping strict control over class of persons who can be vaccinated against COVID-19 currently as under the present system those above the age of 60 years or with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday decided to retain 8.5 per cent annual rate of interest on provident fund deposits for the current financial year for its more than five crore active subscribers. The Employees' Provident Fund...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
FRANKFURT: The development of stand-alone cyber insurance products would benefit both insurers and policyholders, according to a report published today by S&P Global Ratings titled "Cyber Risk In A New Era: Let's Not Be Quiet About Insurers'...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Workplace/Employee Benefits
BENGALURU: Information Technology major Infosys Ltd and consulting and outsourcing services provider Accenture Plc said on Wednesday they would cover COVID-19 vaccination costs for their employees in India, as the country expands its massive vaccination drive....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
The number of new Covid-19 cases reported each day has declined substantially since the peak in early January, but more recently the rate has stabilized as new variants of the virus threaten to reverse our modest progress. Some of these new variants are more...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: Bengaluru remained as the top city on government's Ease of Living Index 2020,an assessment tool that evaluates the quality of life and the impact of various initiatives for urban development that was released by Housing and Urban Affairs...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Manuela Andreoni, Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado RIO DE JANEIRO: COVID-19 has already left a trail of death and despair in Brazil, one of the worst in the world. Now, a year into the pandemic, the country is setting another wrenching record....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
More than five years after massive cyber attacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers. As utilities turn to sources of renewable energy and add millions of other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: Heart damage in Covid-19 patients is caused by the novel coronavirus infecting cardiac muscle cells, leading to cell death which interferes with the muscle's contraction, according to a study that may lead to the development of new drugs to treat the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Experts say that the relatively low hospitalisation and fatality rates in India suggest the coronavirus pandemic is approaching its next phase – largely manageable local outbreaks. Although a handful of states are reporting a spurt in...
