by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic
The future of the world is also the responsibility of the G20, and the grouping of developed and emerging economies must guide and lead the world by addressing climate change and working towards universal healthcare, India's Sherpa to G20 Suresh Prabhu said on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BRUSSELS: Europe's drugs watchdog said on Thursday it expects to receive the first application for conditional marketing approval for a Covid-19 vaccine "in the coming days", the latest step towards making a shot available outside the United States. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
, Before a planned trip to the U.S., Cheng wanted to get vaccinated against Covid-19. To do so, he asked a friend working at a cold-chain logistics company in southeast China to pretend he was employed by the firm, allowing Cheng access to one of the country’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
PARIS: As early as February, with the global pandemic spreading fast, the World Health Organization issued a warning about an "infodemic", a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media. Now with hopes hanging on Covid-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
AstraZeneca is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine, its chief executive Pascal Soriot was quoted as saying on Thursday after questions over the results from its late-stage study. Instead of adding the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Global aviation heavyweights led by airline body IATA are pushing to suspend airport slot access rules until October 2021, a document seen by Reuters showed, while giving some ground to budget carriers angered by measures they deem anti-competitive. The draft proposal...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
Kolkata: The Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday said that the asset base and the number of subscribers under the National Pension System (NPS) have been rising. PFRDA Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said that even during the pandemic,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
CHENNAI, A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, killing at least five people and uprooting trees and power lines. Cyclone Nivar made landfall near the city of Puducherry, located near the southern state of Tamil Nadu, with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea by German car maker Skoda Auto Volkswagen India challenging an FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh by a customer over the alleged use of cheat device in its diesel car. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford face mounting questions about their Covid-19 vaccine trial results after acknowledging a manufacturing error. While an announcement earlier this week by Astra and Oxford showed their shot was 70 per cent effective on...
