by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
MANILA: Philippine police and soldiers joined a search on Friday for missing people after Typhoon Vamco killed at least 42 people, as residents returned to devastated homes following the worst flooding in years in Manila and nearby provinces. Vamco, the 21st...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
LONDON/GENEVA: A facility set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than $2 billion to buy and distribute COVID-19 shots for poorer countries, but said it still needs more. The GAVI alliance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: Hackers working for the Russian and North Korean governments have targeted more than half a dozen organizations involved in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine research around the globe, Microsoft said on Friday. The software company said a Russian hacking...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Lausanne: Encouraged by progress this week in finding a COVID-19 vaccine and staging sports events in Japan, the IOC is getting more and more confident that next year's Tokyo Olympics can have fans in the venues. After the 2020 Summer Games were postponed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Business optimism has witnessed an increase in the ongoing quarter supported by various measures taken by the government and the RBI to boost consumption demand during the festive season, says a survey. The fall in active cases of COVID-19 infected...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
NEW YORK: WeWork Companies LLC’s revenue declined in the third quarter but its cash burn slowed, a company memo showed on Thursday, with management confident the shared-workplace provider can weather the hit to the office sector from COVID-19.Quarterly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Intermediaries, International News, Risk Management, Technology
LONDON: Willis Towers Watson announced the acquisition of Acclimatise, the market leader in climate change adaptation advisory and analytics services, to meet growing demands from corporates, Governments and financial institutions. Willis Towers Watson’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
TOKYO: Japan's Honda Motor Co on Wednesday said it will be the world's first automaker to mass produce level 3 autonomous cars that will allow drivers to let their vehicles navigate congested expressway traffic. "Honda is planning to launch sales of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping up production of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 shot, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation drive that could begin across India that same month. If final-stage trial data show...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Tokyo: Japan is set to break with its age-old tradition of requiring citizens to use personal seals to stamp all official documents, scrapping their use in nearly 15,000 administrative processes, an official at the Cabinet Office said on Friday. The use of seals will...
