by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Tokyo: As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday [April 10] he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year – even with the long delay. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: India on Tuesday extended until May 3 a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people as the number of coronavirus cases crossed 10,000 despite a three-week shutdown. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the ongoing nationwide...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had detected Covid-19 infections earlier have contained the spread and reported no new cases in 14 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry asserted that the government has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday modified its April 8 order which asked private labs to conduct free Covid-19 tests and said the benefit will be available only to “economically weaker sections” who are covered under a government scheme such as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Geneva: The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, calling for control measures to be lifted “slowly”.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Regulation
Hyderabad: In view of the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, the insurance regulator IRDAI has asked the insurers to tighten their belts and be cautious while paying any dividends to their shareholders,rationalise the expenses of management, critically examine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
London: Markel International, the specialist insurer, has recently appointed Bo Yu as claims lead for Asia. In this role, Bo will be the first point of contact for all claims arising through Markel’s offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, India and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
PARIS: French insurers are in discussions to invest 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) into funds dedicated to help small and mid-sized firms and health companies recover from the impact of the coronavirus epidemic,the chief executive of CNP Assurances (CNPP.PA) told...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it has tripled the size of its Covid-19 response package for its member nations to $ 20 billion. The multilateral funding agency said it has also approved measures to streamline its operations for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: From “I have flu like symptoms. Do I have coronavirus?” to “Can we contract COVID-19 from ‘Made in China’ products?”, doctors are flooded with anxious queries that cover the serious-to-downright-silly...
