by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The government is likely to allow domestic and international flight operations in India in a staggered manner post the 21-day lockdown period which is slated to end on April 14, officials said on Sunday. The aviation sector has been hit hard by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have net withdrawn a record Rs 1.1 trillion from the Indian markets in March as the coronavirus pandemic dented investor sentiment worldwide. According to latest depositories data, FPIs pulled out a net Rs...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the amount of Hydroxychloroquine ordered by the United States, a medicine in short supply that could help with facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Trump said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Lonon: Britain is unlikely to lift its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May, a leading government adviser said on Saturday, warning that the spread of the coronavirus must first slow and intense testing be introduced. The government has put...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BEIJING: Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the outbreak. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday issued an advisory to start rapid antibody based blood tests for COVID-19 in areas reporting clusters and in large migration gatherings or evacuee centres. The decision for recommending these tests was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Health, International News
LONDON: Business activity has cratered across Europe as attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic push governments to shut down vast swathes of their economies, from shops to factories to restaurants, surveys showed on Friday. The pandemic has infected more...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Testing and treatment for COVID-19 will be free of cost for Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries at private laboratories and empanelled hospitals, the National Health Authority (NHA) said on Saturday. The NHA, which implements the national health insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 deaths inched towards 100 on Saturday along with a significant increase in the number of confirmed infections, but the government assured there was no need to panic as the rate of spread was less than in many other countries...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a "prerequisite" to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic a crisis they called "one of humanity's darkest hours". World Health Organization director-general Tedros...
