by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: Allianz SE’s real estate unit will take a majority stake in a portfolio of buildings owned by British Land Co. in London’s virus-roiled West End district. The insurance giant has agreed to pay 401 million pounds [$539 million] for a 75%...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
TOKYO: Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that caused an ecological disaster in Mauritius was due to a lack of safety awareness and a failure to follow rules as it pledged better training and oversight. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
As U.S. industries push for their workers to receive early access to COVID-19 vaccines, local health departments and pharmacies face the challenge of verifying the identity of essential workers to ensure no one cuts the line. U.S. vaccine rollout's next...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
ROME: About 500 relatives of people who died of COVID-19 in Italy said on Wednesday they had begun legal action against regional and national authorities, seeking 100 million euros ($122 million) in damages. The civil lawsuit, which the plaintiffs presented to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Two cases of another new strain of COVID-19 linked to South Africa have been identified in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed here on Wednesday. Like the UK variant identified earlier, the new variant of the novel coronavirus is also...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi, Dec 23: The high growth story of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into India will "go well" in the new year too as there is a growing interest among overseas investors about the country amid the government's continuing reform measures...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi,Dec 23: People who are infected should also take a vaccine,and India is well prepared regarding the logistics for the vaccine distribution,Bharat BiotechChairman & MD Krishna Ella said on Wednesday. He was speaking in a virtual session on 'Sero...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI.Dec 23: Passengers flying into India’s biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.Like many countries,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Mumbai,Dec 22: Retail credit has experienced an increase in serious delinquencies, with loans against property and credit cards being the most affected segments, a report by a credit information bureau said on Wednesday. As of August-end, the loans overdue for...
