by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
CHICAGO: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century – to the very origins of germ theory.The Geneva-based World Health Organization acknowledged this week that the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy’s medium-term outlook remains uncertain even though the country has started re-opening after over two months of a nationwide lockdown, as demand and supply shocks due to the coronavirus still loom large, the central...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
KATHMANDU: Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 23 people and displaced thousands in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday. Nine people were killed and more than 30 were missing in Myagdi district, 200 km (125 miles) northwest of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
SYDNEY: The U.S. Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerns over Pakistani pilot certifications. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
BEIJING: China’s banking and insurance sectors are facing increasing pressure from rises in non-performing assets, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory (CBIRC) said on Saturday. Asset quality at some small and medium-sized financial institutions is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With a record single-day increase of 27,114 cases, India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past the eight-lakh mark on Saturday, just four days after crossing the seven-lakh post, according to health ministry data. This was the eighth consecutive day that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Centre to treat as representation a plea seeking creation of a nodal agency to carry out disaster management tasks in the national capital region (NCR) so that there is uniformity in the response to any calamity, like...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
NEW DELHI: India should set up a data regulator and require companies to disclose how they collect and store data devoid of personal details or which has been anonymised, a panel tasked to draw up such regulations has said in a draft report seen by Reuters. As...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know why should the names of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 be disclosed and said the issue involves privacy rights of such patients. A division bench of Justices A A Sayed and M...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw yet another record single-day jump of 26,506 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 7,93,802 on Friday, while the death toll climbed to 21,604 with 475 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number...
