by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 4, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload went past 65 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 55 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The recovery rate stands at 84.13 per cent. The total...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: In a relief to individual borrowers and medium and small industries, the Centre has agreed in the Supreme Court to waive compound interest (interest on interest) charged on loans of up to Rs 2 crores for a six-month moratorium period announced due to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Saturday said budget of the agriculture ministry has been increased 11-folds to Rs 1.34 lakh crore from Rs 12,000 crore in 2009-10 during the UPA regime, which reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Technology
New Delhi: The IT ministry is looking to use artificial intelligence for addressing problems such as language barrier that are faced by Indians in communication and expects to get Cabinet approval in a month to launch programmes based on the next generation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Changi Airport Group said the impact from the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t abating as officials behind the world’s best airport warned of a “daunting” period ahead. Passenger traffic for Changi for the fiscal year ended March declined for the first...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: There is growing hope that a vaccine against coronavirus may be given the green light by health regulators by the end of this year to be rolled out for a vaccination programme in six months’ time or even less, according to a UK media report.The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
BENGALURU Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk indicated on Friday that the U.S. electric carmaker will make a foray into India in 2021. “Next year for sure,” Musk said on Twitter in reply to a post with a photograph of a T-shirt with the message:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Technology
BRUSSELS: Google’s bid to win EU approval for its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit faces headwinds as rivals and customers argue concessions to EU antitrust regulators do not go far enough, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
U.S. coal baron Robert Murray, whose company Murray Energy filed for bankruptcy last year, has applied for federal benefits to treat his black lung disease after opposing more stringent coal dust regulations for years, according to report by West Virginia...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 2, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
TOKYO: Japan’s Honda Motor will end its participation as an engine supplier in the FIA Formula One World Championship at the end of the 2021 season to focus on zero-emission technology, it said on Friday. The decision was made at the end of September and the...
