by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
HERAT/KABUL: Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of their fathers, calling for mothers’ names to be included on identity cards. But her “Where Is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Monoclonal antibodies that stop the coronavirus from spreading in the body are among promising strategies for averting severe illness from Covid-19 before vaccines arrive, said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Travellers from Dubai and the UK were primary sources of Covid-19 importations into India, according to an analytical study done by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi. According to the research, which has been published in the Journal of Travel...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload neared 60 lakh with 88,600 fresh infections being reported on Sunday, while the number of people having recuperated from the disease crossed 49 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 82.46 per cent, according to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: The government is aiming to implement all the four labour codes in one go by December this year and complete the final stretch of labour sector reforms, Union minister Santosh Gangwar has said. Parliament in its just concluded session passed three labour...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
New York has retained its first place in the twenty-eighth edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 28), Global Financial Centres Index 28,although London in second place has made up ground in the ratings, now only four points behind...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Friday said that public sector banks (PSBs) have on-boarded about one crore customers on digital payment modes in just one month of the launch of 'Digital Apnayen' campaign. The campaign, aimed at encouraging customers to use...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of Thais on Saturday flocked to a government-organised job expo with more than a million jobs up for grabs as it works to stem mounting unemployment in an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Southeast Asia’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
MOSCOW/NEW DELHI: The number of Covid-19 cases have surged to more than 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the Earth's total population – meaning nearly every 250th person has already contracted coronavirus. The current world population is 7.8...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
New Delhi, A committee constituted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has opined that as of now, there is no conclusive evidence for foodborne transmission of COVID-19, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. It was also informed...
