by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Friday it would be “highly speculative” for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China, where it was first identified in a food market in December last year. China is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday there will probably be a wider roll out of a new “Full Self Driving” software update in two weeks. In October, Tesla released a beta, or test version, of what it calls a “Full Self...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: There has been a massive surge in cyber attacks against the India vaccine makers and hospitals in the month of October and December, a new report warned on Friday. According to latest research by New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation, nearly 80...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: The small and medium businesses (SMBs) that decide to voluntarily inform about a data breach, on average, are likely to lose 40 per cent less financial damage than their peers that saw the incident leaked to the media, according to a new report. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Max Life Insurance on Friday said it has hired over 2,000 executives during the first half of this fiscal in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. By efficiently digitizing its recruitment and onboarding process, the life insurer has been able to deliver a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on Friday gave in-principle approval for the merger of Bharti AXA General with ICICI Lombard. ICICI Lombard is progressing applications for receipt of requisite approvals from other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
BEIJING: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, may hijack our cells' internal cholesterol processing system to help it spread through the body, according to a study which hints at new targets for a potential therapy against the disease. The cell...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi: While pharmaceutical major Pfizer had made headlines on the release of their Covid-19 vaccine, its former Vice President and Chief Scientist has said that there is no need for any vaccines to bring the pandemic to an end. According to a report from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Technology
LONDON: Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The hackers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The frontrunners in the COVID-19 vaccine race have emerged with different success rates for their shots in clinical trials, but what does that mean for the global fight against the pandemic U.S. drugmakers Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna have each said their...
