by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI: India will increase the number of its COVID-19 vaccination sites by up to five times after administering nearly 9 million shots in a month, a government official said on Tuesday, amid concerns about the speed of coverage in the country.Having...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Technology
Singapore: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic induced push towards digitization, there are opportunities for insurance companies to identify new distribution channels. Insurers in India, for instance, are increasingly collaborating with payment tech companies...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Munich: Munich Re has announced two senior appointments in its Life and Health business in the region. Aravind Srinivas will lead the Group’s Southeast Asia business and Tobias Frenz takes on responsibility for a newly formed business capability...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
The UK Supreme Court last week allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said UK-domiciled Shell, one of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
A newspaper invaded Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father, a British judge ruled Thursday, in a major victory for the royal in her campaign against what she sees as media intrusion. The former Meghan Markle, 39, sued...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
NEW DELHI: Glenmark Pharma on Tuesday launched a generic kidney cancer treatment drug 'Sunitinib oral capsules' in India priced 96 per cent lower compared to the innovator brand. In a regulatory filing, Glenmark Pharma said it launched "SUTIB, the generic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Fifteen-year-old Braden Wilson was frightened of Covid-19. He was careful to wear masks and only left his house, in Simi Valley, California, for things like orthodontist checkups and visits with his grandparents nearby. But somehow, the virus found Braden. It wreaked...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said Indian economy is on track for a recovery in the next fiscal year beginning April 1, as consistent good performance of the farm sector, flattening COVID-19 infection curve, and a pickup in government spending are all...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Israel’s world-leading vaccination campaign is poised to achieve what millions in the country and many more outside it have desperately sought for a year: a return to normal life. In the six weeks since Israel began administering the second dose of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The telecom ministry will set up an intelligence unit and a consumer protection system as part of continuing efforts to tackle the menace of pesky calls as well as to take strict action against financial frauds perpetrated using telecom resources....
