by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Ahmedabad: The World Health Organisation(WHO) has appreciated the management of COVID-19 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and suggested to take up various measures being implemented in the city as a case study for rest of India and other countries, the state...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 2, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 17-lakh mark on Sunday, just two days after it went past 16 lakh, with 54,735 cases being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed the 11-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
SANTIAGO: Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in people’s sweat at an early stage, after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results. Four dogs have been selected for the initial training, a mix of labradors and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The government will soon come out with a new public sector enterprises policy that will define strategic sectors which will not have more than four PSUs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. As part of the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: After scrapping their merger proposal,the government on Friday has amended the the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act,1972, so that authorised capital of three PSU general insurers- Oriental Insurance Company(OIC),National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi India's COVID-19 tally reached 16,95,988 on Saturday with a record single-day increase of 57,118 cases, while the recoveries surged to 10,94,374, according to the Union Health Ministry data The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 36,511 with 764 people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pension & Social Security, Regulation, Reinsurance
New Delhi: The government has on Friday has nominated four more members from different regulatory entities in the domestic financial sector, to the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). The centre,on Friday, has notified...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, the Trump administration said on Friday, as the nation’s top health agency predicted that fatalities would rise in the coming weeks. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Facebook Inc raised its settlement offer by $100 million to $650 million related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent, the company said on Friday. The social media giant reached a $550...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Pandemic
WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer spending increased for a second straight month in June, setting up consumption for a rebound in the third quarter, though the recovery could be limited by a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and the end of expanded unemployment benefits. Concerns...
