by AIP Online Bureau | May 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
y New Delhi: Mathematical modeling studies suggest containment of COVID-19 might be possible but success of containment operations "cannot be guaranteed" since there is efficient human to human transmission, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Geneva: A total of eight vaccine candidates for Covid-19 are in the clinical trial while another 110 are in various stages of development across the globe, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data. As governments around the world scramble to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 17, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Sunday extended the lockdown in the state till May 31, an official said.State Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta has issued an order notifying extension of the lockdown, the official said. "The calibrated phase-wise...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
New Delhi: Two health advocacy groups have written to the Indian government asking it to rescind patents given to Gilead Sciences for the drug remdesivir so it can be distributed more fairly to coronavirus patients around the world, particularly in poorer...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2020 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Paris: AXA and Accor, a global hospitality leader announced an innovative strategic partnership to provide medical support to guests across the 5,000 Accor hotels worldwide. As soon as July 2020, this partnership will enable Accor guests to benefit from...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
WASHINGTON/LONDON: The Trump administration on Thursday issued guidelines to help ship owners and insurers avoid the risks of sanctions penalties,standards that maritime players and senior State Department official said they were modified following months of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: Except,state owned New India Assurance(NIA) and the United India Insurance(UII), all the top 10 general insurers in the country,which are majorly private sector ones,have been hit by a slow down in the day-to-day business leading to a negative...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,649 and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 on Friday, registering an increase of 100 deaths and 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours since Thursday 8 AM, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 15, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Manila: Global economic losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic could be between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday, more than double its earlier estimates as containment measures paralyse economies....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: Despite additional funding, the continued lack of medical investment and healthcare infrastructure will present challenges to mounting an effective response in India against Covid-19 pandemic, Fitch Solutions has said. "The continued lack of...
