by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Patna/Lucknow: Thunderstorms and lightning have wrought havoc in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh over the past two days, claiming 110 lives, leaving at least 32 injured and causing widespread damage to property, officials in the two states said on Thursday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
New York: Markets for stocks and other risky assets could suffer a second swoon if the coronavirus spreads more widely, lockdowns are reimposed or trade tensions surge again, the International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday. Equity markets tailspinned into...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2020 | Facts, Technology
Seattle: Amazon.com Inc has agreed to pay over $1 billion to buy self-driving startup Zoox Inc, the Information reported on Thursday, citing sources, in a move that would expand the e-commerce giant’s reach in autonomous-vehicle technology. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: The administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obamacare, a law seen as an important legislative achievement of former president Barack Obama. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
PARIS: Irregularities found in pilot licences at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) represent a “serious lapse” in safety controls, global airlines body IATA said on Thursday after the carrier grounded one third of its pilots. “We are following...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
India has become a founding member of an Alliance for Poverty Eradication at the UN, launched by the President of the General Assembly, aimed at focussing on efforts to boost global economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. President of the 74th...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Life
Mumbai: South-based lender Federal Bank will be paying over Rs 80 crore to buy additional four per cent stake in its life insurance joint venture IDBI Federal Life Insurance, a top official has said. The stake buy from the state-run IDBI Bank will take...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: All regular mail, express and passenger services as well as suburban trains have been cancelled till August 12, the Railway Board said on June 25. Sources said that the decision was taken keeping in mind the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
MUMBAI: Maharashtram India’s richest state, on Thursday banned a “spurious” coronavirus treatment manufactured by a company founded by popular yoga guru, which he says has a 100% record in curing patients.Baba Ramdev, co-founder of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
A half-year into the most momentous pandemic in decades, it's hard to imagine that anyone, anywhere has not heard of the coronavirus. But scores of migrants arriving in Somalia tell United Nations workers every day that they are unaware of Covid-19....
