by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,45,380, registering an increase of 146 deaths and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 am,the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Indian News, Life, Pension & Social Security
Mumbai: The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) will launch the modified Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana on Tuesday. The plan offering an assured rate of return of 7.40 per cent will be available for sale for three financial years i.e. upto 31st...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Due to a decline in infection rate, the team at Oxford University developing a Covid-19 vaccine believe that the chances of the trial yielding "no result" is now 50 per cent, The Telegraph reported. The University of Oxford last week...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Centre for allowing airlines to book middle seats on international flights and ordered that middle seats on flights must remain unoccupied after June 6. The Supreme Court said that there should not be a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
SINGAPORE/New Delhi: With the COVID-19 cases zipping past five million people globally last week and rocketing towards six million, the search for a vaccine and a therapy has become more and more urgent. Some statisticians say the case count could be at...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI When Manit Parikh’s mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai’s private Lilavati Hospital, but officials told the family no critical-care beds were available. Five hours and dozens...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations, even as the government allowed domestic air travel to restart. The country registered biggest single day...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Sunday issued guidelines for international arrivals, saying that before boarding, all travellers shall give an undertaking that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days. The guidelines come a day after Civil...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: After some promising results on the efficacy of prophylactic use of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) against coronavirus (Covid-19) infection, the central government on Friday revised the advisory on the use of hydroxychloroquine as prophylactic for Covid-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government’s plan to resume flights after a two-month...
