by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Hackers broke into the servers of news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) over the weekend, crippling its service for hours on Saturday night before they were resumed. According to a company spokesperson, "The computer servers suffered a massive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
The resurgent Covid-19 pandemic is pushing back the recovery in air travel, turning winter into a survival test for carriers now pinning hopes on a spring rebound. Airlines are urging governments to introduce more testing and travel bubbles to help spur demand. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Motorists with smartphones could help highway chiefs maintain road quality by sending "crowdsourced" data from their mobiles that would allow engineers to assess when carriageway repairs are needed, according to a new UK study. Road roughness is an important...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford produces an immune response in both elderly and young people and adverse reactions were lower among the elderly, British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday. A vaccine that works is seen as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | Indian News, Life
New Delhi SBI Life Insurance (SBI Life) on Monday reported over two-fold jump in net profit at Rs 299.73 crore for the second quarter ended September of the current fiscal year. The life insurer had posted a net profit of Rs 129.84 crore in the same quarter a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 26, 2020 | International News, Non-Life
SINGAPORE: Willis Towers Watson((WTW)’) announced today that Sompo Holdings Asia (SOMPO) has adopted WTW)s innovative pricing solutions for its retail business across Asia to transform its pricing operations in 14 markets in the region. SOMPO, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : A Singapore arbitration panel has put on hold Future Group's $3.38 billion asset sale to Reliance Industries Ltd RELI.NS, an interim win for Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O, which had alleged the deal between the Indian firms breached existing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India’s total coronavirus infections stood at 7.91 million on Monday, having risen by 45,148 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. The world’s second-most populous country also has the second-highest number of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
SEOUL: South Korea urged citizens to get vaccinated against influenza and reduce the chances of an outbreak that coincides with the battle on the coronavirus, as it kicked off free inoculations for the last eligible group.Public anxiety over the safety of flu...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 25, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Chinese leaders will discuss ambitious new measures to tackle climate change on Monday at a government plenum to finalise a new five-year national development plan, after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make the country “carbon...
