by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Regulation, Risk Management
New Delhi: The government on Friday said those with mild to medium colour blindness can now obtain driving licence. The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued a notification in this regard for necessary amendments in required forms of motor vehicle norms....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Reversing the three-month selling streak in June, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in a net Rs 21,235 crore in domestic markets amid increasing liquidity and gradual opening up of economy. According to data from depositories, FPIs invested...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while the?death toll rose to?16,095,?according to the Union Health Ministry data The data updated at 8 am showed 19,906...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
BEIJING: Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months. The figure is roughly double...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s national airline has written to foreign missions and global regulatory and safety bodies, assuring them it has grounded all 141 pilots suspected of obtaining licences through unfair means, the carrier’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
BEIJING: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, backed by SoftBank Group, launched a test robotaxi service in a Shanghai suburb on Saturday after installing V2X (Vehicle to Everything) hardware throughout the area. Under the test, customers within a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi: An inexpensive, widely used steroid dexamethasone was included in the treatment protocols for Covid-19 patients in moderate to severe stages of illness among other therapeutic measures by the Union health ministry on Saturday. The updated protocol...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
New York; A week after India launched the auction process for coal blocks for commercial mining, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said there is no reason for any country to include coal in their COVID-19 recovery plans and investments should instead be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Technology
A report released on Friday by Ericsson Consumer Labs suggests that 89 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above agree that reliable video calling helped them to stay in touch with persons close to them during the COVID-19 outbreak. In a joint webinar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Geneva: AstraZeneca's experimental Covid-19 vaccine is probably the world's leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday. The British drugmaker has already...
