by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics organisers insisted Friday that the coronavirus-postponed Games will still go ahead despite Japan declaring a state of emergency less than 200 days before the opening ceremony. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday announced the month-long...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2021 | Facts, Technology
New Delhi: Despite being out of support for a year, Microsoft Windows 7 operating system (OS) still appears to have at least 100 million users worldwide. Microsoft has said for years that there are 1.5 billion users of Windows across multiple versions worldwide....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Washington: U.S. taxpayers will be on the hook for damage from a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday because the building and grounds are not insured, industry sources said.Supporters of Republican President Donald Trump angry at his...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Technology
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE/CHICAGO: Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its 737 MAX...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: In the next few days, we should be able to give COVID-19 vaccines to our countrymen, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan after his visit to the session site in Government General Hospital in Chennai to review the second dry run for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW YORK: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Risk Management
PARIS: Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is likely to offer protection of up to a couple of years, its chief executive said on Thursday, even though more data is still needed to make a definitive assessment. The U.S. biotech company, which stunned the world...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI: Maharashtra public health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said the Centre has agreed to bear the cost of coronavirus vaccination in the first phase where some eight lakh health workers in the state will get the jab. "I had a video conference with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
WASHINGTON: Nearly 4,400 adverse events were reported after people received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the US, with 21 cases determined to be anaphylaxis, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The US Food and Drug...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus. Speaking at a press conference, the WHO's regional...
