by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A spike of 55,079 cases took India's COVID-19 tally past 27 lakh on Tuesday just a day after it crossed the 26-lakh mark, while 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 73.18 per cent,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva/Singapore: The spread of the coronavirus is being increasingly driven by people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s and many are not aware that they have been infected, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for the Western Pacific said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
FURNACE CREEK, Calif: One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century, and possibly ever, was reached on Sunday afternoon at Death Valley in California’s Mojave Desert where it soared to 130 Fahrenheit (54.4...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Malaysia has detected a strain of the new coronavirus that’s been found to be 10 times more infectious. The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner returning from India and breaching his...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Insurance claims toward the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut have so far reached $425 million, according to a minister. Caretaker Economy Minister Raoul Nehme said 2,500 claims have been filed, according to the presidency’s Twitter account. The ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Port Louis: Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, authorities said on Saturday. The condition of the MV Wakashio was worsening early on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Americans who suffer adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines that the U.S. is racing to develop will have a hard time getting compensated for injuries from the drugs. That’s because pandemic-related claims for vaccines will be routed to a rarely used...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Some hospitals in the national capital have said they are are seeing recovered coronavirus patients returning to them with recurrence of the infection. Earlier this month, the Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital saw two instances of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
US-based Rosen Law Firm on Monday said it plans to investigate potential securities claims against HDFC Bank following allegations of sharing "materially misleading business information" with investors. HDFC Bank said it was not aware of any lawsuit and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
London: Contactless payments and online spending will continue strong growth post-COVID-19, as Sweden leads the global race to become a cashless society. Cash accounted for just 1.1% of the country’s overall payment transaction value in 2019, according to...
