by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Globalisation has made the consequences of catastrophes more extreme The coronavirus pandemic has shown the world how vulnerable it is to very large risks. Trillions in financial losses ought to be a wake-up call for economies to better equip themselves for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
With 96.2 per cent literacy, Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 per cent, showed a report based on National Statistical Office (NSO) survey. The report on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Monday as to why it has not banned the use of tunnels for disinfecting people for COVID-19 despite taking the stand that spraying of chemical disinfectants is physically and psychologically harmful. A bench...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Bengaluru: The COVID Care Centre at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre here, that was touted to be the biggest such facility for the treatment of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients in the country, will be shut from September 15, as it is not...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Beijing: About 90 per cent of Sinovac Biotech employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the country’s emergency use programme, its chief executive said on Sunday. The extent of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The government has come out with a comprehensive set of draft guidelines on advertising under which 'disclaimers' that are not easily noticeable by or legible or easily understandable to an ordinary consumer will be treated as misleading...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Kolkata: In an initiative by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), 40 specialist doctors in the city are offering free consultation over video calls to patients of generic diseases. IMA state chapter secretary Santanu...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro resumed services with curtailed operations on the Yellow Line on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both the DMRC and the commuters trod with caution amid the new normal in the rapid transport...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Banks may restructure loans of more than Rs 10 trillion largely attributed to 5-6 critical sectors, including aviation, commercial real estate and hospitality, that have been severely hit by the Covid-19 outbreak, according to bankers. Finance Minister...
