by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to ensure implementation of its guidelines on home isolation at the field level "in letter and spirit" to effectively contain the spread of the coronavirus, after taking note of instances of laxity. The Ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
LONDON: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients of South Asian ethnicity in Britain are 20% more likely to die from the disease than white people, a large-scale study said on Friday, the latest evidence that minority groups are disproportionately hit by the virus....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BEIJING/GENEVA: China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak, while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation.China...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.“The world is in a new and dangerous phase,” Director...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Beijing: China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing’s wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
Set in the kelly-green hills of Ireland’s County Clare, Dromoland Castle is the type of getaway that never sits empty. Why would it, with a pampering spa tucked behind 16th century walls, a par-72 championship golf course, and more stars on travel review sites...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
London/Munich/New York : Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE, the industrial insurer of the Allianz Group, announces a realignment of its Board of Management focusing on responsibilities for regions and markets as well as for Underwriting and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
New York: The virus is winning. That much is certain more than six months into a shape-shifting pandemic that’s killed 450,000 people worldwide, is gaining ground globally and has disrupted lives from Wuhan to Sao Paulo. While promising,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: The United Kingdom's chief medical officers have agreed that the COVID-19 threat level should be lowered one notch to "epidemic is in general circulation" from "transmission is high or rising exponentially". The Joint Biosecurity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life
New Delhi: Kick-starting the process of LIC disinvestment, the Finance Ministry on Friday invited bids from consulting firms, investment bankers, and financial institutions for advising it on the proposed mega initial public offer (IPO). The government...
