by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic has given the world a chance to reflect and take "outrageously" bold decisions to create a new order where there is no global warming,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
SINGAPORE: After the Oriental Insurance Company(OIC), international rating agency AB Best has withdrawn its ratings for the state owned United India Insurance Company(UIIC), AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to C+ (Marginal)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: Insurers in the European Union are confronted with risks on several fronts that are intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and could face lengthy legal battles from claims relating to lockdowns, the bloc’s insurance watchdog said on Thursday. Insurers and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura are yet to follow directives on timely payment of salaries to healthcare workers engaged in COVID-19, the Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court, which said it cannot be "helpless" in implementing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Data, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic
Children younger than five carried major amounts of coronavirus in their upper respiratory tract, a small study published on Thursday showed, raising new questions about whether kids can infect others. Data on children as sources of coronavirus spread are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
An antibody drug already being used against the coronavirus in Cuba decreased the risk of intensive care admission and death among nursing home residents with moderate COVID-19, according to a small study conducted in the island nation.India’s Biocon Ltd said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
WASHINGTON Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a leading U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, earlier this year in a bid to steal valuable data, according to a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Gilead Sciences Inc this month began commercial sales of remdesivir, which is given to hospitalized patients by infusion.The drug was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May after it demonstrated an ability to shorten...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
JAKARTA : Southeast Asia is on the brink of a “socio-economic crisis” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that could reverse decades of poverty reduction, the United Nations has warned. “The crisis threatens to destroy the livelihoods of Southeast...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 30, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The government on Thursday has appointed SN Rajeswari,58,general manager,New India Assurance(NIA),as the CMD of Delhi based Oriental Insurance Company.Rajeswari will take over as CMD of OIC on Monday. After Appointment of Committee of...
