by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Tokyo: A delay of one or two years would be the “most feasible” option if the Tokyo Olympics cannot be held this summer due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, a member of the organizing committee’s executive board told Reuters. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The number of novel coronavirus patients in the country has risen to 62, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. Two persons from Mumbai also tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of such cases in Maharashtra to seven, health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India on Wednesday suspended all visas, except a few categories such as diplomatic and employment, till April 15 in a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, according to an official statement. The government also "strongly advised"...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on Wednesday as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The escalating coronavirus outbreak is giving the U.S. Federal Reserve a policy headache like never before: how to judge the potential impact on the economy in the absence of reliable data on how fast the flu-like illness is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BARCELONA/MILAN: Europe’s major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere, in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the region’s struggling automotive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday ordered people arriving in the city from any country to go into 14-day quarantine as China reported an increase in imported coronavirus cases, threatening its progress against the epidemic. China has made major strides...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: The Bank of England unexpectedly cut interest rates by half a percent on Wednesday in a shock move to bolster Britain's economy against disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Members of the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Vehicle production across all categories is likely to be critically hampered due to the coronavirus outbreak in China as many automakers in India import about 10 percent of their raw materials from the neighbouring nation, auto industry body SIAM...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: With the introduction of artificial intelligence in banks, the average tenure of the employee has doubled from the industry average of 1.5 years to 3.02 years, says a survey. According to a survey by HR-tech startup, inFeedo, that studied more...
