by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and WhatsApp within four weeks on a fresh plea alleging lower standards of privacy for Indians in comparison to European users of the messaging app. The top court said that people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,09,16,589 with 11,649 new infections, while fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the ninth time this month, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: A hacking campaign that used a U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft Corp President Brad Smith said. The operation,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: India has been recording a steady decline in the number of daily new deaths since October 1, 2020, while the national recovery rate is amongst the highest in the world, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. "Since 1st October 2020, the nation has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
London: A clinical study circulated by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims strong evidence that prompt preventive blood-thinning drugs may reduce the risk of death in Covid-19 patients. Patients given preventive blood-thinning drugs (prophylactic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Experts say it's likely that some version of the disease will linger for years. But what it will look like in the future is less clear. Will the coronavirus, which has already killed more than 2 million people worldwide, eventually be eliminated by a global...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
LUCKNOW: Rescuers pulled out nine more bodies from the site of a flash flood in a Himalayan region of northern India on Sunday, a week after the disaster struck, bringing the death toll to 50 with more than 150 people still missing, officials said. The flash...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Risk Management
New Delhi: The Union health ministry has issued new 'SOPs to contain spread of COVID-19 in offices' and according to these, if one or two cases are reported, the disinfection procedure will be limited to the areas occupied and visited by the patient in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Tokyo: A strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's east coast late Saturday, rattling the region hit by the powerful 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown just weeks before the disaster's 10th anniversary. The quake produced powerful shaking along...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: The Delhi government will soon start facilitating registration of e-autos that can save up to Rs 29,000 as compared to their CNG equivalents, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Sunday. Under its 'Switch Delhi' campaign, the Delhi...
