by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
Twitter Inc's refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the center of a political firestorm in one of its key markets. Government officials, business people, and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
With vaccination drive against COVID-19 gathering steam across the world and restrictions on movements easing gradually, many millennials are keen on taking an international holiday this summer, according to a survey. Things are looking up for 2021, as 52 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life
SHANGHAI: Allianz will acquire full ownership of its China life insurance business after agreeing to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in its Chinese joint venture, the German insurance giant said on Friday. Allianz, through a holding company in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 1,08,14,304 with 11,713 new cases in a day, while 1,05,10,796 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 97.19 per cent on Saturday, according to Union Health Ministry data. There are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: To expedite highway projects, additional fund sources are being tapped and a private investment of Rs 30,000 crore is being envisaged in 2021-22 through hybrid annuity mode (HAM) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, a top highways ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Over 90k samples archived so far in 17 national COVID-19 bio-repositories: Govtotal of 90,361 samples of serum, nasopharyngeal swab, plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells have been archived so far across the 17 national COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
German prosecutors have confiscated more than 50 million euros ($60 million) worth of bitcoin from a fraudster. There's only one problem: they can't unlock the money because he won't give them the password. The man was sentenced to jail and has since...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
SHANGHAI: China will set up a new information platform to allow the public to track the emissions of polluting enterprises and help authorities prosecute those that break the rules or try to “evade supervision”, the environment ministry said. A total of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
New Delhi: India has received requests for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines from 22 countries so far these have already been supplied to 15 countries, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. Replying to queries during question hour in Lok Sabha, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Covid-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in or out of hospital are far more likely to die than those who are not infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a study published on Friday which found that women, in particular, have the highest...
