by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
There are around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 around the world now so all vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are trying to improve their vaccines, a British minister said. Thousands of variants of the type of coronavirus...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | International News, Non-Life
SINGAPORE: Chubb announced today two new appointments for the Asia Pacific Property & Casualty team. Alex Todd has been appointed as the new Head of Property,responsible for the growth and performance of Chubb's Commercial Property portfolio in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The government is sticking to the target of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25 and emphasis on infrastructure sector and other initiatives taken in Budget 2021-22 are aimed at achieving the goal, Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Bengaluru: Passenger traffic at airports in tier 2 and 3 cities of the country is higher than pre-COVID levels, a senior official of global airlines body IATA said on Wednesday. ''In domestic, we have seen a strong expansion in new destinations and the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Technology
Mumbai: In a bid to boost the startup ecosystem in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday launched a scheme aimed at providing financial assistance to innovative startups to file for IT patents. As per a statement, around 125-150 startups will...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Helicopter operations in the country are well below its potential and their requirement is rising in multiple areas including tourism, mining, corporate travel and medical services, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Wednesday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve future legal claims that its widely used weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the German company said on Wednesday. Bayer has been struggling to finalize the settlement of claims that Roundup and other glyphosate-based...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Health, International News, Life
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd , China’s largest insurer by market value, on Wednesday reported its first annual fall in profit since 2008, as COVID shutdowns hampered business growth. The insurer reported a 4.2% drop in annual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India has reached a total of 1,07,90,183 COVID-19 cases, with 12,899 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday. India has reported 17,824 discharges and 107 deaths in the last 24...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Over 93,000 cybercrimes related to fraud, sexual exploitation and spreading of hate have been registered in the country between 2017 and 2019, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the enhanced use...
