by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday, the general insurers have received 28,000 claims for Rs 445 crore, on account of treatment of virus infected policyholders, till Monday. Along with the rapid rise of Covid-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), a free ration scheme, for 80 crore people across the country till end of November. In a televised address to the nation, Modi also...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Life, Non-Life
United Nations: India accounts for 45.8 million of the world’s 142.6 million “missing females” over the past 50 years, a report by the United Nations said on Tuesday, noting that the country along with China form the majority of such women...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Mumbai: Police have beefed up security outside the Taj hotel in south Mumbai after the Karachi Stock Exchange terror attack, a senior official said on Tuesday. The iconic hotel in Colaba area was among the targets of Pakistani terrorists during the 26/11...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
OTTAWA: Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a driver in a gig economy case that paves the way for a class action suit calling for Uber Technologies Inc. to recognize drivers in Canada as company employees. UberEats driver David...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Tesla Inc. was sued over a Maryland highway crash last year in which a Model 3’s airbags failed to deploy, leaving a college professor with brain damage. Elon Musk, the company’s co-founder, has touted the Model 3 as the “safest car...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: The Bank of England (BoE) has told banks and insurers to press ahead with analyzing the impact of climate change on their operations, saying that guidance published on Monday would be followed by targets next year. The guide drawn up by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday priced its Covid-19 antiviral remdesivir at $2,340 per patient for wealthier nations and agreed to send nearly all of its supply of the drug to the United States over the next three months. The price tag is slightly below the range...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is working on an umbrella information portal NIIP to collate all real-time official data including on the Indian economy, Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday said. The project,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
NEW YORK: The Empire State Building has been a symbol of America’s economic might for almost 90 years. Of late, it’s also become a symbol of its struggle with the coronavirus. The once jam-packed 102 stories of the 1,454 ft (443m) Art Deco...
