by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington/Geneva: President Donald Trump laid out new guidelines on Thursday for U.S. states to emerge from a coronavirus shutdown in a staggered, three-stage approach meant to revive the U.S. economy even as the country continues to fight the pandemic. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Thursday clarified that financial assistance to people hit by the Covid-19 crisis will be provided only through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism and no other means. The clarification came amid various rumours...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
MUMBAI: In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV footage of crowded slums, the frontline in the city’s battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus. When...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
SINGAPORE: Climate change and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) will transform the energy industry risk landscape, according to Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, at the launch of its annual Energy Market...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Sixty-seven percent of digital workers in India said emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) are increasing their effectiveness at work, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The Gartner 2019...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the impact of COVID-19 on the Indian economy and a possible second stimulus to boost sectors hit hard by the pandemic. Modi held discussions with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 10,477, as many as 1,488 people have been cured and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
TOKYO: Asia’s economic growth this year will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years, as the coronavirus crisis takes an “unprecedented” toll on the region’s service sector and major export destinations, the International Monetary Fund...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than 2 million people globally was made in a lab. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 16, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News
London: Insurer Hiscox (HSX.L) said on Wednesday that its core policy wordings do not provide cover for business interruption due to a UK government-ordered lockdown put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Of UK small businesses who purchase cover...
