by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 case tally crossed 48 lakh with 92,071 new infections being reported in a day, while over 37.8 lakh people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 78 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
MUMBAI: India said on Sunday it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces, as the country’s number of reported infections passed 4.75 million.ndia, which has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI : Treatment for COVID-19 accounted for as much as 11% of the total health insurance claims paid by insurance companies during the first five months of the current financial year, says a research conducted by Policybazaar.com. The research further...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Facts
Sweden may be about to take its world-beating cashlessness to the next level, as the pandemic threatens to push its notes and coins close to extinction. Stefan Ingves, the governor of the Riksbank, recently remarked that some young Swedes “have no...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Facts, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA "clarified" on Sunday passengers can take photos and videos inside flights but can't use any recording equipment that creates chaos, disrupts flight operations, violates safety norms or is banned by the crew...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A total of 37,02,595 people have recuperated from COVID-19 in the country so far, with 58 per cent of the recovered cases being reported from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre said on Sunday. The same...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
MONTREAL: As COVID-19 grounds swaths of airline fleets, companies that profit off the dismantling and trade of aircraft parts are seeing early signs of an expected rebound in activity as carriers accelerate plane retirements. While companies that store,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON ; AstraZeneca has resumed British clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development, after getting the green light from safety watchdogs, the company said on Saturday.The late-stage trials of the experimental vaccine, developed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life
Singapore: Life and general insurer Aviva AV.L is offloading its Singapore business to a consortium led by Singapore Life, for S$2.7 billion ($1.98 billion), as the London-listed firm sharpens its focus on Britain, Ireland and Canada. The British company said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. might not return to pre-coronavirus life until the end of next year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. "I believe that we will have a vaccine that will be available by the end of this year, the beginning of next year," he told...
