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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries
India’s bid to control its surging virus infections by increasing the use of fast but less sensitive tests could actually be making things worse for the nation. With one of the world’s fastest-growing epidemics but also one of the lowest testing rates,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BEIJING China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator. It is the first COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The European Union has agreed to buy at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's potential Covid-19 vaccine in its first such advance purchase deal, which could weaken plans led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a global approach. The European Commission,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India’s death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Monday, as infection numbers surged and total cases were nearly at 2.65 million. India's COVID-19 tally rose to 26,47,663 on Monday with a single-day spike of 57,981...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The coronavirus has been an unpredictable foe from the start. It triggers silent or barely perceptible infections in some individuals, while in others it sets off a cascade of complications that overwhelm the body and lead to death. Why some patients sail through the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: Homegrown robot maker Milagrow expects a 15-20 fold jump in sales this fiscal with machines replacing humans in various processes due to the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The demand for floor cleaning and other robots has picked up as people faced...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the process of lifting the lockdown in the state would be done in a stepwise manner. The threat of Covid-19 still persists, CM Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday, and added that he does not want a second wave...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor – now living in Russia – whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligence community in 2013.The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to a change in consumer preferences and priorities as the focus now shifts towards the use of technology and contact-less healthcare, a report by consultancy services firm Deloitte India said. Home healthcare has taken...
