by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus, with Blacks and Asians at increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared to white individuals, according to an analysis published in The Lancet medical journal bit.ly/3kol5kR. About 18.7...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
Jamnagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated to the nation an Ayurveda teaching and research institute here in Gujarat that will offer a range of courses and forge inter-disciplinary collaborations to give a contemporary thrust to the ancient...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 87.28 lakh on Friday with a single-day increase of 44,879 cases, while the recoveries surged to 81,15,580, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry's data. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with Prime Minister Narendra expressing confidence that just like the country has emerged as the 'pharmacy of the world', the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation
Financial risks related to the coronavirus pandemic will last for months if not years, Switzerland’s financial market supervisor FINMA said on Wednesday, pointing to particularly heightened risk of defaults on corporate loans. “Thanks to the cushion of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
PARIS/BERLIN: European officials warned against COVID-19 complacency on Thursday and said measures to control a surge in infections as winter approaches must continue despite hopes that new vaccines can bring the pandemic under control.This week’s announcement...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
TOKYO: Japan's Tohoku Electric Power said on Wednesday it had received the green light from a local governor to restart one of its nuclear reactors, nearly a decade after it was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster....
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions, rejecting a challenge by affirmative action opponents who said the Ivy League school’s policy discriminates against Asian-Americans.Opponents of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study. Warmer ocean waters from climate change are likely making hurricanes lose power more slowly after landfall, because they act...
