by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told coronavirus vaccine developers on Tuesday it wants at least two months of safety data before authorizing emergency use, a requirement that would likely push any U.S. vaccine availability past the Nov. 3 presidential...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
GENEVA: A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for solidarity and political commitment by all leaders to ensure equal distribution of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
LONDON: Europe’s top oil companies are yet to be aligned with U.N.-backed targets to combat climate change even after outlining ambitious plans to slash carbon emissions and pivot to renewable energy, a report backed by a group of major investors said. The study...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Technology
A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc. to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it of copying its cybersecurity patents. U.S. District Judge Henry Morgan in Norfolk, Virginia, concluded after a monthlong non-jury trial that Cisco...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, is bracing for a flood of claims after movie and television studios were forced to curtail production during lockdown. A unit of Allianz, which says it’s the largest insurer of Hollywood studios, has set aside...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Companies garnered more than Rs 1 lakh crore from the capital markets in August, a surge of 64 percent from the preceding month, with private placement of debt instruments emerging as the most preferred route for financing business needs. The funds have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
The global economy is in "less dire" shape than it was in June but risks crashing again if governments end fiscal and monetary support too soon, fail to control the coronavirus and ignore emerging market debt problems, International Monetary Fund Managing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Debt-ridden mortgage lender DHFL on October 6 said that fraudulent transactions worth Rs 2,150.84 crore by way of undervaluing the company's insurance subsidiary have been detected by transaction auditor Grant Thornton. DHFL is undergoing resolution...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Tuesday issued the standard operating procedures (SOP) on preventive measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus during ensuing festivities and urged people in containment zones, and vulnerable populations to celebrate festivals at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 6, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: India is considering a proposal that may force some of its dirtiest coal plants to close, as policy makers in one of the world’s top polluters increasingly focus on climate change. The plan under consideration by the power ministry would cap...
