by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
LONDON: AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday. The vaccine, called AZD1222 and being developed by AstraZeneca and scientists at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India is looking to privatise more than half of its state-owned banks to reduce the number of government-owned lenders to just five as part of an overhaul of the banking industry, government and banking sources said. The first part of the plan...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Amid spurt in Covid-19 cases in the country, Corona Kavach health insurance policy has evoked good response within days of its launch by almost all insurers. Corona Kavach, which was launched on July 10 and is being offered by both general and health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw a record single-day jump of 40,425 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally past the 11-lakh mark on Monday, while the total number of recoveries crossed 7 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Maryland uncovered a massive criminal enterprise involving identity theft and more than 47,500 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the state adding up to more than $501 million, Governor Larry Hogan said Wednesday, saying the case relates to activity in at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington, Johns Hopkins University says the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000. The university's tally as of Saturday night says the United States tops the list with 140,103 deaths. It is followed by 78,772 fatalities in Brazil and 45,358 in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Nearly four million people in India's northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday. The overflowing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Risk Management
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to procure 198 body scanners for 63 Indian airports that will replace the existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanners, besides pat-down searches of passengers to detect metallic objects, officials said....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
An insurance company is suing the Indianapolis archdiocese, alleging that it failed to disclose allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest when it applied for liability insurance. Underwriters for Lloyd’s of London contends in a federal lawsuit filed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
FRANKFURT/NEW YORK: Investors are suing Deutsche Bank and its CEO Christian Sewing, alleging the bank made false and misleading statements before it agreed to pay a $150 million fine for compliance failures linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The...
