by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
China’s top financial regulator dismissed claims the nation is distorting its economy through “state monopoly capitalism” as pressure grows on China to align more with global trade rules. Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the population is 65 or older, are taking the lead on adapting cars so the nation’s legions of elderly drivers can feel more confident — and be safer — behind the wheel. A run of accidents involving...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: On his last full day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order the White House said was aimed at preventing foreign malicious cyber-actors from using U.S. online infrastructure to carry out their activities. The order, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Bhubaneswar: Two health care workers were admitted to hospital as they reported Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) after receiving jab of COVID-19 vaccine in Odisha, official sources said. The condition of both the health care workers in Jagatsinghpur...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the global Covid-19 caseload is expected to hit 100 million by the end of January, but vaccines have the potential to bring the pandemic under control. In his...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Singapore: The liability insurance industry in the Asia-Pacific region is projected to grow from US$28.8bn in 2019 to US$33.4bn in 2023, in terms of written premiums, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s insight...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to address COVID-19 challenges, including making coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas. “In addition to wearing masks, everyone...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to? 1,06,25,428 with 14,545 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day,?while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,83,708, according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday The death toll...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
Amazon Inc said on Thursday it will open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an aim to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against COVID-19 on the first day. Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
LONDON: Researchers have developed a new online tool that can calculate the risk of Covid-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated places, showing that when two people are in such spaces and neither is wearing a mask, prolonged talking is far more likely to spread...
