by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India and the institutional ethics committee at the implementation site are investigating if the adverse event as claimed to have been suffered by a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant in Chennai are related to the shot...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child. The baby...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
TOKYO: This year’s postponement of the Tokyo Olympics because of the novel coronavirus cost about 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion), organisers have estimated, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing people involved with the event. The International...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: The Centre''s push for ethanol seems to have encouraged the sugar factories to increase cane crushing, as 149 mills in Maharashtra have produced 109 lakh quintal sugar within a fortnight of the beginning of the crushing season this year, an official...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: With India being an attractive destination for foreign funds despite the pandemic, FDI inflow rose 15 per cent during the April-September period to $30 billion (Rs 2.2 trillion). During the same period last fiscal, total FDI inflow stood at $26...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Britain is set to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The first immunisations using the BioNTech and Pfizer...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Pune (Maharashtra): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), its Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said that they are in the process of applying for emergency-use authorisation of the COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, Ninety-four per cent of the COVID-19 patients discharged to home health care, achieved statistically...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has extended the deadline for submission of life certificates by pensioners till February 28, a move which would benefit over 35 lakh persons who could not submit the document by November due to coronavirus pandemic. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life
New Delhi: Max Financial Services Limited (MFSL) announced that Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has approved the proposed the share swap transaction facilitating transfer of 39,47,75,831 equity shares constituting 20.57% of the...
