by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra: Panel formed to cap charges for CT scans for Covid-19 patients Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday announced that a committee has been appointed to cap charges for CT scans for COVID-19 patients. The four-member committee headed by Dr Sudhakar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Rajendra Kumar, additional secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Govt of India, today said that AI and other emerging technologies will play a key role in achieving government's vision of making digital economy reach US$ 1 trillion of GDP by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 50 lakh, just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh with 90,123 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries surged to 39,42,360 on Wednesday pushing the recovery rate to 78.53 per cent, according to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
London: London judges have ruled that some of the world’s biggest insurers were wrong to reject tens of thousands of claims from small firms battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Tuesday. The closely...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: Around 40 lakh people have been kept under surveillance as a part of the contact-tracing efforts in the country and 5.4 crore samples were tested for coronavirus till September 10, Union minister Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said India's willingness to play a "big role" in manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine and allow it to supply to other developing countries will be a critical part in containing the pandemic globally....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's civil aviation recovery would be much faster on the back of large market size, Airbus India President Remi Mail lard said on Saturday. Speaking at Assocham's webinar on 'Covid-19 Impact and Opportunities' for the civil...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
After adapting to working from home in the COVID-19 pandemic, cash-rich technology and healthcare companies have now mastered dealmaking from home.This week, Nvidia Corp unveiled a $40 billion agreement to acquire chip maker Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp, while...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
U.S. drug developer Novavax Inc said on Tuesday it was doubling its potential COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to two billion doses annually under an agreement with Serum Institute of India, sending its shares up about 7%. In August, Novavax signed a deal with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Forecasts of heavy rains across key central and western growing regions of India have stoked fears of potential crop losses in the second half of September, farm experts and industry officials said. Last week, the state-run weather office said the...
