by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
LONDON: The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on companies around the world, but in poorer emerging economies where balance sheets and credit ratings were already weak, the damage is looking particularly widespread.Of the almost 1,800 rating cuts or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Singapore: The much-needed vaccine to combat the coronavirus will take at least one year before it becomes available widely, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday, urging the people to “learn to live” with Covid-19 for a long time....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making it one of the first countries to do so. Public and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Seeking to facilitate availability of experimental drugs for severely-ill COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has issued a draft notification for "compassionate use" of any unapproved drug that is in the phase-III clinical trial globally....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Equity-oriented mutual fund schemes generated returns of about 25 percent during the lockdown period amid a recovery in broader markets and liquidity infusion by the RBI coupled with the government's stimulus measures, experts said. However, some analysts...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI: Foreign portfolio investors have pumped in a massive Rs 18,589 crore into the Indian markets the first week of June as sentiment improved amid graded lifting of lockdown curbs. Additionally, Reliance Industries mega rights issue, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
LONDON: Three airlines have written to the British government in protest at its “wholly unjustified and disproportionate” quarantine rules for most international arrivals from Monday, a copy of the letter seen by Reuters showed. With planes...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Beijing : China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials, building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development, the science and technology minister said on Sunday.China is expending great efforts in the global...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: The city of New Delhi on Sunday ordered many of its hospital beds to be reserved solely for residents of the Indian capital, as the number of COVID-19 infections continued to surge. India on Sunday registered 9,971 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Technology
JERUSALEM: Israel’s CardiacSense said on Sunday it signed a $32.4 million deal to sell medical watches in India, bringing its total backlog of orders to over $60 million. The company said the agreement is for 150,000 watches – which can...
