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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: More than 50,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), which aim at providing primary health care services to communities closer to their homes, are now operational across the country and have witnessed over 28.10 crore footfalls, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The phase-three human clinical trial of indigenously developed anti-coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin began at the AIIMS here on Thursday with Dr M V Padma Srivastava, the chief of Neurosciences Centre at the premier institute, and three other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: The government has launched 'Mission Covid Suraksha' to help accelerate the development of approximately 5-6 vaccine candidates and ensure that these are brought closer to licensure and introduction in the market, the Department of Biotechnology...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 caseload increased to 92.66 lakh with 44,489 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 86.79 lakh, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The country's coronavirus tally mounted to 92,66,705, while...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Kolkata: Months ahead of the 2021 state election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the "Swasthya Sathi' health scheme of the government will cover the entire population of the state. The decision will be applicable...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
FRANKFURT/LONDON: An effort in Britain to create a government-backed pandemic insurance scheme has got bogged down in complexity and action is needed to drive it forward, the head of a committee investigating the idea said on Wednesday. Stephen Catlin, chairman of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The government on Thursday extended suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India extended till December 31. However, these restrictions won’t apply to cargo operations and services approved by the DGCA....
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government is to declare a climate emergency in a symbolic step to increase pressure for action to combat global warming. The government will put forward a motion to declare the emergency next Wednesday,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Mumbai: Regulator Sebi on Wednesday relaxed certain surveillance measures, including those pertaining to market wide position limits, that were put in place eight months ago to curb volatility in the markets due to the coronavirus pandemic. Citing the "changed...
