by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: As people appear to prefer personal modes of commute during a pandemic, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has advised states to promote and revive non-motorised transit systems like cycling as they are scalable and environment-friendly. It...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers next week as the country gradually emerges out of the coronavirus lockdown, his office said on Friday. The two-day virtual meet comes also against the backdrop...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
ZURICH/GENEVA: The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and South America currently having four of the 10 worst hit countries in the world.The disease...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: India reported a record daily increase of novel coronavirus cases on Friday and became the world’s fourth worst-hit country, raising the prospect of the return of a lockdown just days after it was lifted.Anxious to revive the economy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the COVID-19 lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
About half a dozen states including Texas and Arizona are grappling with a rising number of coronavirus patients filling hospital beds,fanning concerns that the reopening of the U.S. economy may spark a second wave of infections.The rally in global stocks came...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Movement of people will remain prohibited across the country from 9 pm to 5 am during the ongoing 'Unlock 1', but there are no restrictions on plying of buses with passengers and goods trucks on highways, the Centre said on Friday. In...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Global poverty is set to rise above 1 billion people once again as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which is reducing the income of the world's poorest by USD 500 million a day, according to new research published Friday. The research by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak,India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry...
