by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
BHAGALPUR: Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River. The guards are there to protect him from the relatives of patients, including those suffering from COVID-19. The relatives keep...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: A sample of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus, the city government said in a notice on Thursday. Local disease control centres tested a surface sample...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on a PIL seeking an immediate ban on use, installation, production and advertisement of disinfectant tunnels set up to curb the spread of coronavirus. A three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea which has sought a direction to the Centre to appoint a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, for inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Mauritius is seeking compensation from the owners of the cargo carrier that run aground and spilled oil off its coast, causing the island nation’s worst ever ecological disaster. More than half of about 1,000 tons of fuel that leaked from the MV Wakashio...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Premiums for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance surged in the second quarter, broker Marsh said on Monday, as insurance underwriters fear the coronavirus pandemic will lead to hefty litigation claims. Premiums for directors’...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Electric commercial truck maker Nikola Corp NKLA.O of Phoenix, Arizona, tried unsuccessfully to raise $1 billion (766 million pounds) in the private markets and only turned to a merger with a so-called blank-check company to go public as a way to raise the needed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The first batch of the Russian vaccine against Covid-19 is expected to be released within two weeks, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Russian Health Ministry registered the first coronavirus vaccine in the world. The vaccine,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content that promoted fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures. Facebook released the data as part of its sixth...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON: The Demex Group, a technology company that has pioneered a new paradigm to customize and deliver climate-resilience through financial risk solutions on a global scale, today announced it has raised $4.2 million in Seed funding from leading financial...
