by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Indian News, Life
Mumbai: Bucking the trend, at the time of nationawide lockdown due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic,Tata AIA Life insurance, by harnessing its digital capabilities,has recorded a 26 per cent cent year-on- year(y-o-y) rise in its new premium income to Rs...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
Mumbai: In more troubles for the auditing fraternity, an investor survey has found that 57 per cent large investors and sell-side analysts do not have any faith in the Big-4 audit firms as they have lost credibility. According to a survey by Institutional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: Probity watchdog CVC has asked all banks and central government departments to ensure expeditious finalisation of disciplinary proceedings against officials involved in alleged corruption cases who are due to retire shortly. The move comes...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020. All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.SOPs for passenger movement are also being...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Pushing back against the steady hum of privacy concerns from critics of India's Aarogya Setu contact tracing app, MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh emphatically defended the app as the safest across all mobile apps that Indians currently use and a digital public...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday, even as the number of fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 3,163 and the total...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced that it would stop selling its talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, making the decision after a consumer products “portfolio reassessment related to COVID-19.” The U.S....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
LONDON: Global carbon dioxide emissions could fall by up to 7% this year, depending on ongoing restrictions and social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic, research published in the journal Nature Climate Change showed on Tuesday. The study, by a group...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Technology
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it plans to roll out a version of its cloud-based software that will be modified to suit the needs of healthcare organizations. While Microsoft is known for general productivity software such as Outlook and the chat app Teams, it...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Geneva: World Health Organisation member states agreed on Tuesday to an independent probe into the UN agency's coronavirus response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic. Countries taking part in the WHO's annual assembly,...