by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life
Over 3.9 million people facilitated via Vande Bharat Mission: Hardeep PuriUnion Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday informed that more than 3.9 million people were facilitated international travel ever since the Vande Bharat Mission was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Pune, Dec 19: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said. He also said that the vaccine makers are going to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: A new strain of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom can spread more quickly and urgent work is under way to confirm that it does not cause a higher mortality rate, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Saturday. “As...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi, Dec 19: The National Green Tribunal has extended the time limit for the constitution of biodiversity management committees (BMCs) and preparation of people''s biodiversity registers (PBRs) on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by NGT...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi,Dec 19: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Delhi seems to be under control now, as the city reported 1,133 fresh cases at a positivity rate of less than 1.5 per cent. "There was a time in November...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, Dec 19: India's COVID-19 caseload surpassed the somber one-crore mark Saturday, adding 10 lakh cases in nearly a month, while the total number of recoveries surged to 95.50 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country's COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Brasilia: Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, in a blow to the country’s nascent anti-vaccine movement. But the court also ruled Brazilians may not be vaccinated against their will. A court...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman,who would be presenting her forthcoming Budget on Feb 1, has said health would take top priority going forward as the government would look to provide not just buildings for hospitals but the technology and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Dec 19: Suspected Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Washington: The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, has evidence of hackers accessing their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen...
