by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Facebook Inc will start banning ads that explicitly discourage people from getting vaccinated, the world’s largest social media company said on Tuesday, as it also announced a new flu vaccine information campaign. Ads advocating for or against legislation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Hyderabad: The insurance regulator IRDAI has allowed insurers the choice to facilitate renewal, migration and portability, as may be applicable, for the COVID specific standard health products -Corona Rakshak Policy, Corona Kavach Policy” and Group Corona...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The IMF on Tuesday predicted a deep global recession this year and the world growth to be – 4.4 percent, asserting that the global economic crisis is far from over mainly due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In its latest World Economic Outlook report,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Berlin: Germany's population has contracted slightly for the first time in nearly a decade because immigration shrank as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday. Some 83.1 million people lived in Germany at the end of June, with the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The national capital's air quality was in the very poor category on Tuesday morning, the first time this season, with calm winds and low temperatures allowing accumulation of pollutants. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
London: India is among seven countries to back a UK-led campaign against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by blocking all access to them. The UK and India are joined by the US,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Pilots of an Airbus SE A320neo jet in India shut down a Pratt & Whitney engine mid-air last month after it encountered problems, people familiar with the incident said, reviving concerns about the turbines that have been plagued by issues since their debut in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
COVID-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released on October 13, confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once. A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic disruptions, the domestic general insurnace industry led by state owned New India Assurance(NIA) and six stand alone health insurers, have logged in Rs 97,025.04 crore of premiums, showing a marginal year-on year(y-o-y)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
PARIS: The global economy could shed more than 1% of output if international talks to rewrite cross-border tax rules break down and trigger a trade war, the OECD said on Monday, after countries agreed to keep up negotiating to mid-2021. Nearly 140 countries agreed on...