by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
New York: Global cases of the novel coronavirus neared 7 million on Saturday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, . Worldwide, at least 6.9 million people have been infected by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins. The US has seen nearly 110,000...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Beijing: A beleaguered China on Sunday exonerated itself from the global allegations of delay in reporting the coronavirus outbreak, saying the virus was first noticed in Wuhan on December 27 as a viral pneumonia and human-to-human transmission was discovered...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
United Nations: The COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented challenges for several nations, could be an opportunity for India to speed up the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, especially with a focus on primary healthcare, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657. India's death toll due to COVID-19 rose to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Self-driving sector contends its cars can prevent many more crashes than insurance study says(Reuters) – Companies working on self-driving vehicles have criticized an insurance industry study suggesting that only a third of all U.S. road crashes could be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
LONDON: British scientists halted a major drug trial on Friday after it found that the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the pandemic, was “useless” at treating COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
More than a third of Americans misused cleaners and disinfectants to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus, according to a survey taken shortly after President Donald Trump publicly asked whether injecting such products could treat COVID-19. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
GENEVA: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been doubling every three weeks but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and South Asia region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “In South Asia, not just in India,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked private hospitals whether they are ready to provide treatment to COVID-19 infected patients at the charges prescribed under the government's Ayushman Bharat Scheme. The 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 5, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday issued draft rules for making and using drones in the country, proposing that an authorised manufacturer or importer can sell its devices only to an individual or entity approved by the aviation regulator DGCA. The...
