by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Centre has urged states and Union Territories to put in place and strengthen mechanisms to spread awareness about rising psychosocial concerns among people during Covid-l9, saying acceptance of mental health issues is relatively low due to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
TOKYO Japan's household spending fell at the fastest pace on record in May as consumers heeded the authorities' calls to stay home to contain the coronavirus pandemic, pushing the world's third-largest economy deeper into decline. The large spending...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News, Pandemic
BRASILIA: Latin America and the Caribbean now account for 50% of the COVID-19 cases in the Americas, and the number of registered cases continues to accelerate, the World Health Organization’s regional director Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday. “This is a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
NEW YORK/HONG KONG: Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok announced on Tuesday it would pull out of Hong Kong within days, as global tech giants struggle to figure out how to operate in the city under sweeping new security rules imposed by Beijing.Major...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
BENGALURU: An Indian court has directed consumer goods maker Emami Ltd (EMAM.NS) to give bigger rival Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HLL.NS) seven days notice before initiating legal proceedings over the 'Glow & Handsome' trademark, according to a July 6 order...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Nairobi: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a new report warns that further outbreaks will emerge unless governments take active measures to prevent other zoonotic diseases from crossing into the human...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Hyderabad:: The insurance regulator IRDAI has now allowed the general and health insurers to offer mandatory,“Arogya Sanjeevani Policy” for a minimum sum insured of less than Rs.1 lakh and maximum sum assured of above Rs 5 lakhs . According to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally raced past the seven-lakh mark on Tuesday after a single-day spike of 22,252 infections, five days after crossing the six-lakh post, while the death toll breached the 20,000 mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. It...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Reinsurance
New Delhi: The government on Monday appointed retired IAS officer Injeti Srinivas as the first chairman of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). His appointment is for a period of three years from the date of assuming charge or until...
