by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Risk Management
New Delhi: Around 91 million urban Indians lack basic handwashing facilities at home, UNICEF has said while noting that washing of hands with soap is critical in the fight against infectious diseases like COVID-19. In a statement released on the occasion on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Regulation
Hyderabad: The segment regulator IRDAI has now made it mandatory for all the domestic life insurers to sell a standard individual term life product as outlined by the regulator from 1st January, 2021. There will be no maturity benefit under the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance, Heng Swee Keat will be the Guest-of-Honour to officiate at the opening and deliver the official keynote address at SIRC 2020...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
BENGALURU/KOLKATA: Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in coming weeks as it heads into its main holiday season with an economy freed of virus restrictions. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: A $23-million program offering a digital health ID to every citizen could bolster India’s economic growth amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the head of the country’s health authority. The National Digital Health Mission, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asked the heads of all AIIMS and central government hospitals on Wednesday to be the frontrunners in showcasing the importance of COVID-appropriate behaviour, which will act as a "social vaccine" to curb...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Washington: The world is experiencing one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression in the 1930s owing to the novel coronavirus, World Bank President David Malpass has said, terming the COVID-19 pandemic a "catastrophic event" for many...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Washington: India's priorities should be to protect the most vulnerable people, well targeted support and protecting small and medium sized enterprises so that they do not collapse as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Mumbai experienced heavy rains overnight along with thunderstorm and lightning, causing water-logging in some low-lying areas, officials said on Thursday. Roads in some low-lying areas like Hindmata, King's Circle and Kalachowki were inundated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 73.07 lakh with 67,735 new cases in a day, while 63,83,441 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 87.35 per cent on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total...
