by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Hyderabad: In view of increase in number of COVID-19 cases in the country,the insurance regulator IRDAI has said, with immediate effect, any Covid -19 claims out of treatments in the the make-shift or temporary hospitals permitted by Government,have to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 30,000 mark in a single day for the first time pushing the tally to 9,68,876 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
Hong Kong/Beijing: As countries across Asia Pacific struggle with resurgences of the coronavirus, one data point is steering government responses: the share of cases with no clear indication of how infection occurred. These patients cannot be linked to other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
OAKLAND, Calif: Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday its corporate Gmail customers would now be able to edit documents and other files without leaving the email service, as it aims to lure clients from rivals by making its tools more integrated. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
San Francisco: Tough day' for Twitter after hack targets tycoons, stars, politiciansTwitter said hackers accessed its internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
NEW DELHI/OAKLAND: Alphabet’s Google will buy a 7.7% stake for $4.5 billion in Jio Platforms, taking a seat on its board alongside another big name backer Facebook to help the digital arm of Reliance Industries realise its lofty ambitions.Reliance,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: Positive news on initial trials of the University of Oxford’s potential COVID-19 vaccine that has been licensed to AstraZeneca could be announced as soon as Thursday, ITV’s political editor Robert Peston said, citing a sourceThe potential...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations. By century's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Indian airlines are staring at a revenue loss of Rs 1.1-1.3 lakh crore over three financial years, including the current fiscal, due to the coronavirus pandemic which has led to visa and travel restrictions, thereby severely affecting aviation industry across...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 15, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Risk Management
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has unveiled a USD 2 trillion proposal to boost investment in clean energy and combat the global warming as he pledged to rejoin the historic Paris agreement on climate change if elected in the November elections. US President...