by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
WASHINGTON: Children under the age of 5 have between 10 to 100 times greater levels of genetic material of the coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and adults, a study in JAMA Pediatrics said on Thursday. Its authors wrote this meant that young...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
WASHINGTON: Headaches, confusion and delirium experienced by some Covid-19 patients could be the result of the coronavirus directly invading the brain, according to a study published on Wednesday. The research is still preliminary – but offers several new lines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Portland on Wednesday voted in favor of the first-ever ban in the United States on private entities, such as restaurants and retail stores, from using facial recognition technology in public places in the city. Portland’s city council also voted to ban local...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
Seoul: A South Korean company has invented a battery-powered filtered face mask designed to reduce annoying problems associated with conventional designs, such as breathing difficulties and fogged-up glasses. LG Electronics' PuriCare Wearable, which comes...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The global death toll from the coronavirus passed 900,000 on Wednesday, as worldwide cases topped 27.7 million, according to a Reuters tally. The United States remains the world’s worst-affected country, with deaths exceeding 190,000 and cases exceeding...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BENGALURU : India reported record jumps in new coronavirus infections and deaths on Thursday, taking its tally of cases past 4.4 million, health ministry figures showed. In the last 24 hours, 95,735 new infections were detected, with 1,172 deaths accounting for the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
Washington: A US trade body has announced grant funding to the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) carbon capture, utilisation and storage capacity in the Koyali refinery in Gujarat. The US Trade and Development Agency's (USTDA) funding will support state-owned...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the environmental policies of his Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden would "destroy" America's middle class while giving a "free pass" to the world's worst polluters like China,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning tougher new restrictions on social gatherings of more than six people in England starting next Monday, following a significant rise in the coronavirus cases. A law change to be introduced will ban larger groups...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
Delivery fleet operators face regulatory pressure in California and other states to buy electric vehicles, but a surge in package deliveries thanks to coronavirus lockdowns has major firms itching to switch to electric right now. And they want far more than...
