by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Kanpur: The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to reach Kanpur’s Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College by next week wherein the vaccine’s Phase 2 and Phase 3 human clinical trials will be conducted. The decision to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: To deal with the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Delhi, the Centre on Sunday said it will soon make available 300 additional ICU beds and double the number of daily RT-PCR tests in the national capital. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said some of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after many revellers defied bans on using firecrackers to celebrate.The capital New Delhi was blanketed with a thick haze,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: Pension fund regulator PFRDA will propose to the government to make employers' contribution of 14 per cent under NPS tax free for all categories of subscribers in the next Budget, Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said. Employers' contribution...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security, Workplace/Employee Benefits
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour and Employment has sought feedback from stakeholders on draft rules under the Code on Social Security, 2020. The feedback is required to be provided within 45 days from November 13, 2020. Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
BEIJING: The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products, from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods. The importers were a unit of Guotai...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: From development of indigenous vaccines to novel point-of-care diagnostics, India has initiated an integrated response to overcome the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Union minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. Speaking at the 8th BRICS STI...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Hanoi: China and 14 other countries have agreed to set up the world's largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic. The Regional...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The success of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine trial may help persuade more people to get inoculated amid a surge in new coronavirus cases, according to Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious-disease doctor. Pfizer’s vaccine, developed in collaboration with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Indian economy is seen recovering faster than expected and the Reserve Bank is likely to have come to an end of the rate easing cycle, according to global forecasting firm Oxford Economics. It further said that inflation is expected to average...
