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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
FRANKFURT: German drugs and pesticides group Bayer (BAYGn.DE) said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of U.S. claims involving its Essure birth-control device. The agreement follows a $10.9 billion settlement in June of U.S. lawsuits...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland’s preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be sought. Twitter had looked set to become the first...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Technology
HONG KONG: Chinese online insurance technology platform Waterdrop Inc. has raised $230 million in a new funding round led by reinsurer Swiss Re and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings, it said on Thursday. Waterdrop’s existing investors, including IDG...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Jalna: A 107-year-old woman and her 78-year-old daughter have recovered from COVID-19 here in Maharashtra, overcoming the odds of high mortality rate among elderly people, an official said on Friday. The woman-daughter duo along with three other family members...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 21, 2020 | Facts, Health, Risk Management
New Delhi: PETA India has moved a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the AAP government to implement the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009 to prevent spread of the equine disease – Glanders –...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh): Fourteen people were hospitalized in Andhra Pradesh following an ammonia gas leak from a dairy unit, Reuters partner ANI reported early on Friday. The gas leak has been contained at the dairy, according to the ANI report. The latest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI: India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. The total number of cases in the country now stands at 2.9 million. Deaths in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: COVID-19 has forced many people to work from home. In many ways, this has reduced some risks – for example fewer people will be a victim of theft or burglary, and household damage such as burst pipes and leaking appliances will be reduced, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI : India is staring at a protracted slowdown as coronavirus cases reach its countryside, with signs of recovery in the rural economy hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “at best a mitigating factor”, government officials and...
