by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The government on Monday night issued guidelines for the month-long ‘Unlock 2’ — the “phased re-opening” of activities that had been barred to contain the coronavirus spread in the country — and said educational...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including hugely popular TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country. The ban, which comes in the backdrop of current stand-off along the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
GUWAHATI: Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said on Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour. The Brahmaputra...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
BRASILIA: Political risk is again emerging as a major source of market instability in Brazil, as a series of setbacks for President Jair Bolsonaro sucks the life out of a broad-based recovery that had appeared to be gathering momentum following...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a 'plasma bank' to save lives of serious COVID-19 patients in the national capital. Addressing an online media briefing, the chief minister said the bank will start...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: A single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases took India's tally to 5,48,318 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to 16,475 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data This is the sixth consecutive day that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
SYDNEY/BEIJING The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has been particularly dangerous for the elderly, although other adults and children are also among the 500,000 fatalities and more than 10 million reported cases. While the overall rate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Policy, Regulation
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court observed that COVID-19 patients from poor and indigent sections cannot be expected to produce documentary proof to avail subsidised or free treatment while getting admitted to hospitals. The court on Friday was hearing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: There are no plans to sell non-core assets, including subsidiaries, in the current financial year, Punjab National Bank managing director S S Mallikarjuna Rao has said. However, the bank intends to sell some of its real estate assets and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the lockdown curbs in the state will continue beyond June 30. More states like Tamil Nadu ,Assam: Telangana and Jharkhand:have alos announced extensions of lockdown in some form beyound...
