by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Banking on developing herd immunity to fight coronavirus is “too large a risk” for any nation and only timely interventions can mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Shekhar...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Facts, Pension & Social Security, Policy
New Delhi: Is a divorced woman entitled to her freedom fighter father's family pension like an unmarried or widowed daughter? A high court said "yes", while another ruled: "No. It is not a bounty." The Supreme Court has now agreed...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Low Pressure Over Arabian Sea May Intensify Into Cyclonic Storm, Reach Maha & Gujarat Next Week: IMD ow pressure area formed over the Arabian sea and Lakshadweep is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm and reach coastal states of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as Latin America reported a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the disease. Countries such as Brazil, Chile and Mexico are struggling to stem the spread of the virus,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 1,82,143, while the death toll rose to 5,164, according to the Union Health Ministry. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without IDD, according to a study which may lead to better protection of this vulnerable section of the population. Researchers from Syracuse...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday said the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights will continue till midnight on June 30, hours after the Home Ministry announced fresh guidelines pertaining to the countrywide...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 30, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: At least 28 per cent of 40,184 people, who had tested positive for Covid-19 between January 22 and April 30 in India, were asymptomatic, a study showed amid concerns about the novel coronavirus being spread by those who show mild or no symptoms....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 30, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The countrywide lockdown in containment zones has been extended till June 30, while hospitality services, hotels and shopping malls will be allowed to open from June 8, the Union home ministry said on Saturday. Areas outside containment zones will be...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 30, 2020 | Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
New Delhi: An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground team realised that one of the pilots onboard the plane tested positive for coronavirus, officials in the airline and aviation regulator DGCA told PTI....
