by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Geneva: Today, WHO is launching a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The government has advised companies to implement 'Work from Home' policy for their staff to encourage "social distancing" to curb spreading of coronavirus infections. As part of relaxations in compliance requirements, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research revised its strategy to fight the spread of the new coronavirus on Saturday, saying all hospitalised patients with severe acute respiratory illness, shortness of breath and having fever and cough will now be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Switzerland’s top insurance companies are in talks with the financial regulator about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on their capital buffers and their business, according to people familiar with the matter. The watchdog contacted Swiss Re AG,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: New York and Illinois on Friday followed California in telling tens of millions of people to stay at home in the most sweeping measures the United States has taken so far to try to contain the coronavirus crisis. The moves, which impact...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries, Technology
NEW DELHI: India wants to set up an e-commerce regulator and force companies such as Amazon to swiftly turn over information sought by authorities as part of a new policy being drafted, two sources familiar with the plan told Reuters. The new policy will be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China reported a record rise in imported coronavirus cases on Friday as expatriates returned home from the United States and Europe, sparking fears of a second wave of infections just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak.All 41 of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
COLOMBO/RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people. South Asia appears to have been less...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
MUMBAI: In wake of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, over 50 per cent of Indian companies see impact on their operations and nearly 80 per cent have witnessed decline in cash flows, says a survey. The pandemic has presented fresh challenges for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Friday decided to close all shops and offices except those providing essential services in India’s financial capital Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur until March 31 in an attempt to restrict the spread of coronavirus, the chief minister of...
