by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: With a nationwide lockdown in place, over 90 cities, including Delhi, recorded minimal air pollution in the last few days. Welcoming the reduction in pollution, environmentalists urged the government to treat it as a "wake-up call" and stop...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Two Indian-origin researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have come up with a new mathematical model that predicts a flat 49-day nationwide lockdown — or sustained lockdown with periodic relaxation extending over two months — may be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: The US government's foremost infection disease expert says the country could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Policy
New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Sunday issued guidelines for disinfecting public places including offices and a set of dos and don'ts for the elderly in view of the coronavirus outbreak. In its guidelines on environment cleaning, decontamination of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community health workers, will get Rs 50 lakh insurance cover under a national scheme for them. They will be covered under the Pradhan Mantri Garib...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
WUHAN, – A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China, where the epidemic originated in December, risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had “basically been stopped”, a senior health official...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries
Mumbai: The schemes for the merger of ten state-run banks into four lenders are coming into force from April 1, according to the Reserve Bank of India. The banking regulator in separate releases announced that the branches of merging banks will operate as of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: As the country entered Day 5 of a 21-day lockdown, the total coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 979, according to the latest figures released today from Union Health Ministry. This includes 48 foreign nationals. The death toll has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Abbott Laboratories is unveiling a coronavirus test that can tell if someone is infected in as little as five minutes, and is so small and portable it can be used in almost any health-care setting. The medical-device maker plans to supply 50,000 tests a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the creation of an assistance and emergency situation relief fund where people can contribute and help in the government's fight against coronavirus. The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance...
