by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients. Trial results...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it has suspended a website which was linked to the official mobile application Aarogya Setu and promoting sale of medicines through e-pharmacies. The Centre's submission came on a plea...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it will issue a direction to all the states under the Disaster Management Act to pay timely salaries and remunerations to all doctors and healthcare workers, and any breach would considered be a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi To ramp up the capacity of beds in the national capital, the Delhi government has started converting South Delhi's Radha Soami Spiritual Centre into the world's largest Covid-19 care facility with over 200 halls and 10,000 beds. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Washington: US officials have said they expect health insurance companies will cover vaccines for COVID-19 without charging copays, once those vaccines are developed and become available. At a briefing for reporters, a senior Trump administration...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
New Delhi: Prudent Insurance Brokers Private Limited (PIBL) and Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), today, announced a multi-year strategic partnership to support the Indian risk management community. The alliance is set to deliver thought-leading...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: Investments made by insurers are vulnerable to the economic impacts caused by COVID-19. With a combination of volatility in financial markets, the increasing cost of claims and a looming economic recession increasing the pressure on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Risk Management
Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of sustainable growth in the emerging markets after the COVID-19 crisis subsides, the latest Swiss Re's Sigma says. Emerging markets will invest USD 2.2 trillion...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
LONDON: The Premier League returns in empty stadiums on Wednesday after months of COVID-19 lockdown but digital health passports could help get soccer fans back through the turnstiles, according to the company carrying out tests for the league. Genetic testing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: The International Monetary Fund will likely forecast a worse contraction in the global economy than previously estimated for 2020 and sees "profound uncertainty" about the path of recovery, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said in a new...
