by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
London &Singapore: Markel International, the specialist insurer, has today appointed Thomas(Tom) Baker as senior underwriter – head of renewable energy. Based in Singapore, Tom is Markel’s first ever Asia-based global head as well as their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Monday it would lower the price of its generic version of favipiravir, FabiFlu, to 75 rupees ($0.9983) per tablet for restricted emergency use in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms in India. Glenmark last...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw yet another record single-day jump of 28,701 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally to 8,78,254 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to 23,174 with 500 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
LONDON: Companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they try to shore up their finances against the coronavirus, a new study of 900 top firms has estimated.The unprecedented increase will see total global corporate debt jump...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Early detection of Covid cases has resulted in low fatality rate: VardhanEarly detection of Covid-19 cases through widespread testing, surveillance and clinical management has resulted in India having one of the lowest fatality rate at 2.66 per cent,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Moscow: The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University has been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Geneva: The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have pulled out Rs 2,867 crore from Indian markets in July so far, mainly on account of profit booking after surge in Indian equities. The overseas investors pulled out a net Rs 2,210 crore from equities and Rs 657 crore from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
CHICAGO: With COVID-19 ravaging the aviation industry, airlines and airports worldwide are reining in costs and halting new spending, except in one area: reassuring pandemic-wary passengers about travel.“Whatever the new normal (…) it’s going...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News
Mumbai: A search panel headed by the cabinet secretary is scheduled to interview eight shortlisted candidates on July 23 for the post of RBI deputy governor, sources said. The post had fallen vacant after senior-most deputy governor N S Vishwanathan demitted...
