by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 1, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Manila: A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where the main international airport was ordered closed. “There...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
New York: Wall Street's major averages pulled back considerably in the week as investors worried that soaring COVID-19 infections could slow down economic recovery. For the week ending Friday, the Dow fell 6.5 per cent, the S&P 500 5.6 per cent and the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: Microsoft Teams platform has reached 115 million daily active users and the company is seeing increased usage intensity as people communicate, collaborate and co-author contents across work, life, and learning, CEO Satya Nadella has said. According to him,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said it is "impossible to wipe off" COVID-19 transmission through a lockdown as the virus has "spread through the community" and people should treat wearing a face mask as a vaccine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: With 46,963 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 81,84,082, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 74.91 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Surging coronavirus cases across Europe and North America are filling intensive-care beds, straining hospitals and prompting some to warn of critical shortages, as the global pandemic takes a worrying turn. Hospitalizations skyrocketed in more than a dozen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 31, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The month of October was the coldest in 58 years in the national capital, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. The mean minimum temperature in October this year was 17.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest since 1962, when it was 16.9...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
MANILA: Officials have evacuated almost a million residents in the southern part of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon as a category 5 storm – the world’s strongest this year – makes landfall on Sunday.Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph (133 miles)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pension & Social Security
Johnson & Johnson plans to start testing its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in youths aged 12 to 18 as soon as possible, and the company’s previous experience with the same technology in a vaccine successfully used in children could give it a leg up with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 31, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
LONDON: In a corner of north London, a new gleaming butchers is preparing to open. The only thing it lacks is meat. To coincide with Sunday’s World Vegan Day, Britain’s first permanent vegan butcher, Rudy’s, is opening, set to sell meat-free versions...
