by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Technology
Dec 21 : Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The iPhone maker’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
ZURICH/FRANKFURT: Drug makers including BioNTech and Moderna are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading variant of the virus that is raging in Britain, the latest challenge in the breakneck race to curb the pandemic.Ugur Sahin, chief...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau — a trend that demographers say provides a glimpse of the coronavirus pandemic’s toll. Population growth...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi,Dec 22: People will be able to use the emergency number 112 to seek help during any natural disaster in the next two years, a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) official said on Tuesday. The NDMA is also working to roll out a common alert...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi, Dec 22: Industry bodies to press for holding back new wage definition in meeting with govt on Dec 24New Delhi, Dec 22 (PTI) Representatives of industry bodies, including from CII and FICCI, will hold a meeting with the labour ministry top brass on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, Dec 22 : Nearly 44 per cent of rural Indians are willing to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine, while more than half of the population in India's villages believe the coronavirus crisis is a 'conspiracy by China', a survey showed on Tuesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi, Dec 22: The government plans to set up a Development Finance Institution (DFI) in the next three to four months with a view to mobilise Rs 111 lakh crore required for funding of the ambitious national infrastructure pipeline, according to Financial Services...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Dell Technologies has released a new research revealing the readiness of India employees for long-term remote work. Surveying over 7,000 working professionals[i] aged 18 years and above from the Asia Pacific & Japan[ii] (APJ) region (of which 1,027 were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, Dec 22: The new more transmissible strain of the coronavirus detected in Britain has not yet been found in India, a senior government official said on Tuesday, as health authorities prepared to screen all passengers arriving from the United Kingdom...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India’s largest airport plans to start distributing COVID-19 vaccines in January with up to 5.4 million vials a day, its CEO said on Tuesday, underscoring the logistical challenge of reaching everyone in the country of 1.3 billion. The Indian...
