by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life
LONDON: Some bacteria can travel from one continent to another 'hidden' in atmospheric dust, according to a new study which says these microbes may not only affect human and animal health, but also impact climate and ecosystems. The research, published in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
London, A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, British MPs have been told. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry's national telemedicine initiative eSanjeevani has crossed 1 million teleconsultations on Monday. The eSanjeevani is being used by patients in over 550 districts of India, the health ministry said in a statement. Over 10 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Mastercard Inc. faces the prospect of a 14 billion-pound ($18.6 billion) UK class action — the largest of its kind — after losing another battle at the country’s highest court over illegal swipe fees. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event and allowing only one beneficiary at a time are among the guidelines issued by the Centre for the Covid-19 inoculation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life
British insurer Aviva PLC is selling its Vietnamese business to Canadian insurer ManuLife Financial Corp, it said on Monday, as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out from its non-core markets. Aviva, under new boss Amanda Blanc, is looking to sell its...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, Dec 14: Apple Inc said on Monday it is investigating whether a Taiwan contractor, Wistron Corp, flouted supplier guidelines at an iPhone manufacturing facility in India, after some workers ransacked the plant in a protest over unpaid...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
NEW DELHI: Indian ride-hailing firm Ola, backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group, said on Monday it planned to invest 24 billion rupees ($326 million) to set up a factory in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to produce electric scooters. The plant will have an initial...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
MUMBAI, Dec 14: Some of the world’s top litigation financiers like Australia’s Omni Bridgeway and a unit of U.S. insurance broker Marsh Inc plan to tap the Indian market by funding the legal costs of disputes that embroil companies, executives told...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi, Dec 14: India's population is stabilising as per the Fifth National Family Health Survey(NFHS) as the total fertility rate has decreased across majority of the states. Of the 17 states analysed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Bihar, Manipur...
