by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 22, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years. Addressing a virtual press briefing from Geneva on Friday, the WHO chief said that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Policy
New Delhi: The governmet is poised to hire Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India and SBI Capital Markets Ltd(in place of Edelweiss Financial Services) to help Life Insurance Corp. of India prepare for an initial share sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Paris: The much expected merger of Bharti Axa General Insurance with ICICI Lombard General Insurance, India's largest non-life company has got formalised in an all-stock deal, valued at €521 million(approximately Rs 4,200 crore). The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
TOKYO: The Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs diverted more than 100 kilometers from a regular shipping lane, data from a maritime analysis firm showed. The MV Wakashio,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Hyderabad: A major fire in the Srisailam hydroelectric plant located on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border left nine people dead, most of them engineers, and three seriously injured, with thick smoke hampering rescue operations for over 12 hours,officials...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
LONDON: Russia’s plan to roll-out its “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine even before full trials show how well it works is prompting concern among virus experts, who warn a partially effective shot may encourage the novel coronavirus to mutate. Viruses,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
London: Open banking has been transforming the financial sector, allowing for platforms to deliver customized digital products and the COVID-19 pandemic is set to accelerate this. It can ultimately help consumers better manage their finances and reduce...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
BEIJING : Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
An appeals court in the United States has held that punitive damages of $280 million against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in a trade secret lawsuit filed by American medical software company Epic Systems were excessive. However, the court in Chicago upheld...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot and Mysuru have been rated as five-star cities, 86 cities as three-star and 64 cities as one-star as per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' rating protocol for garbage-free cities. The announcement...
