by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
New Delhi: Digital payments in India are expected to grow over three-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion by 2025 on account of government policies around financial inclusion and growing digitisation of merchants, according to a research report. The country's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
DUBAI: Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast, Iran said on Sunday. The announcement by the head of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Ahmedabad The coronavirus pandemic has led to the revival of technology and expertise, and brought the realisation that for the future of the world, "deep knowledge and deep technology" are required, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat health department has said it distributed homeopathic drug Arsenicum Album-30 to more than half of the state's population as prophylaxis since March after the outbreak of Covid-19. In its presentation made before the World...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Bengaluru: The current claims over the coronavirus vaccine, Covishield, are completely false and it will be commercialised when trials prove successful and regulatory approvals are in place, said Serum Institute of India (SII) on Sunday. SII issued this...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
A new crop of Covid-19 antibody tests measures the level of protection someone has built up against the deadly virus and may help determine which vaccines are most effective. Siemens Healthineers AG is the first big company to gain US Food and Drug Administration...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: As many as 412 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of over Rs 4.11 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons, according to a report. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | International News, Risk Management
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen’s luxury sports vehicle unit Porsche AG has launched an internal investigation into the suspected manipulation of petrol engines, German weekly Bild am Sonntag (BamS) reported. Porsche has informed Germany’s automotive watchdog...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
ZURICH: The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults, while children between six and 11 should wear them on a risk-based approach. Children aged 12 and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities.Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, according to...
