by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Financial leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said no stablecoin operation should start until it is properly regulated. In a joint statement, the finance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 73,70,468 with 63,371 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 64 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 87.56 per cent, according to the Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
IT services major TCS on Thursday said it has launched 10 new Threat Management Centres (TMC) across locations – including the US, UK, Spain and India – for providing cyber security services to its enterprise customers. "In response to heightened...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Strong international cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines could speed up the world economic recovery and add $9 trillion (6.9 trillion pounds) to global income by 2025, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir had little or no effect on COVID-19 patients’ length of hospital stay or chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found.The antiviral medication, among the first to be used as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
By Tim Smith, Head of Client Management, UK, AXA XL In these unprecedented times for us all, innovation in the insurance industry has not slowed – indeed, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have in many cases accelerated innovation and change. The pandemic has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said V-shaped pattern of recovery is being seen in several high-frequency indicators, driven by various measures taken by the government to revive economic growth, hit hard by the outbreak of Covid-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Regulation
Mumbai: In the last few months, the insurance regulator IRDAI has only allowed five per cent rise in the premiums of few health insurance products, said D. V. S. Ramesh, general manager,IRDAI. “Out of 200 health insurance products, only 50 have seen rate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic will produce lasting shifts to global growth, pushing China even more to the forefront. The proportion of worldwide growth coming from China is expected to increase from 26.8% in 2021 to 27.7% in 2025, according to Bloomberg calculations using...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
LONDON: Scientists from Britain’s University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursday, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses. The...
