by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Kerala,famed for development indicators comparable to the first world, will invest in training and exporting health workers with the aim of capitalizing on their remittances, its Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said. Countries have “realized that lack of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Patna : The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Sunday as water from overflowing rivers inundated fresh areas, while a total of 53.67 lakh people across 14 districts were affected, the Disaster Management Department said here. No fresh casualty was reported...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Risk Management
The assumption that everybody is susceptible to coronavirus may not be true as 80 to 90 per cent people living in the same household where a member is diagnosed with Covid-19 do not get the disease, as per a study by the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Sunday issued a set of revised guidelines for international arrivals which will come into effect from August 8. According to the guidelines, all travellers would need to give an undertaking on the online portal...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: A registry of hospitalised COVID-19 patients across the country is being mooted to collect real time data which will help improve treatment outcomes, analyse trends in the progression of the pandemic and calibrate response, officials said. The ICMR...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LIMA: The death toll in Latin America from the novel coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday night, a Reuters tally showed, underlining the region’s status as one of the global epicenters of the pandemic that is testing governments to the limit. Apart from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Health, International News, Technology
MUNICH/BERLIN: German health group Siemens Healthineers said on Sunday it was buying Varian Medical Systems Inc of the United States for $16.4 billion in a deal that seeks to create the global leader in cancer care solutions.The deal is the first major growth move by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19.Melbourne,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic
By John Authers The coronavirus pandemic has stress-tested the world. Beyond challenging human fortitude,national health services and international rivalries, it has forced a series of moral choices. Many have provoked impassioned disagreement — over whether...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
NEW DELHI : The percentage of first-time buyers and additional car buying have increased in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic as customers prefer personal mobility over public transport, according to a senior official of Maruti Suzuki India. The company also...
