by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Some of the world's top economies could see their credit ratings cut or put on downgrade warnings in the coming months in a second global wave of coronavirus-related revisions, S&P Global's top sovereign analyst has warned. S&P's sovereign...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Families in Delhi with pre-existing health conditions such as asthma are stocking up on oxygen cylinders and pulse oximeters, fearing that the city’s worsening air quality will make them more vulnerable to the coronavirus. After months of relatively...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Mumbai: As people have settled down to remote work that became a norm following the nationwide lockdown, a global survey found that 52 per cent employees and 64 per cent C-suite executives interviewed in India prefer to continue with the new ways of doing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India increased by 26.45 per cent to 2,72,027 units in September as against 2,15,124 units in the same month last year, auto industry body SIAM said on Friday. According to the latest data by the Society of Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
BEIJING: One of China’s front-running coronavirus vaccine candidates was shown to be safe and triggered immune responses in a combined early and mid-stage test in humans, researchers said. The potential vaccine, dubbed BBIBP-CorV, is being developed by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
LONDON:- “Human challenge” trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines, where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease, could become a reality after a British biotech firm signed a contract with the government to create and provide strains of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
MUMBAI: Floods brought by heavy rains and overflowing rivers across large swathes of western and southern India have killed at least 60 people since Wednesday and damaged rice, cotton and other crops worth billions of rupees, officials said. The worst affected state...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
NEW DELHI: India has gained more than a decade of life expectancy since 1990, but there are wide inequalities between states, according to a new study which assessed more than 286 causes of death and 369 diseases and injuries in more than 200 countries and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
The number of kidnappings reported off the West African coast in the year through September is 40% higher than the same period in 2019, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea contributed to a total of 132 global...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Facts, Health
Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19 symptoms and is wearing a mask, part of efforts to protect employees as they return to work. The Finnish company has been using...
