by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Inflows into equity mutual funds surged to Rs 10,730 crore in February, the highest level in 11 months, even as the broader market witnessed heavy volatility amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus. Overall, the mutual fund industry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
GENEVA:- The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Tuesday he had asked Iran to free all political prisoners temporarily from its overcrowded and disease-ridden jails to help stem the spread of coronavirus. There have been more than...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
A Florida couple who was aboard the coronavirus-hit Grand Princess ocean liner has sued the ship’s owner for more than $1 million, claiming the company put profits over safety and did not have proper screening protocols in place. Ronald and Eva...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to a few coronavirus patients admitted at Medanta and Safdarjung hospitals through video calls and said all the people infected by the disease were stable and showing signs of recovery. Vardhan also...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
SEOUL (Reuters) – Authorities say they are testing the 200 staff who worked on the floor where the first cases were discovered, while monitoring others in the centre’s workforce of up to 800 people. More than 140 new infections were in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday announced a second package of measures worth about $4 billion in spending to cope with the fallout to the economy of the coronavirus outbreak, focusing on support for small and mid-sized firms. The package, totalling 430.8 billion...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Wall Street rebounded on Tuesday as investors pinned their hopes on policy easing by major central banks and governments after global markets plummeted in the previous session on fears of a coronavirus-driven recession. Traders now expect the Federal...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Foreign investors are aggressively selling Asian equities this month amid worries of a deeper economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in the region.Overseas investors have sold a net $9 billion worth of regional equities so far in March, after offloading...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
United Nations: The coronavirus outbreak could cost the global economy up to USD 2 trillion this year, the UN's trade and development agency said, warning that shock from the epidemic will cause a recession in some countries and depress global annual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The government has directed the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to prepare quarantine facilities with a bed capacity to admit over 5,400 people to deal with cases of coronavirus across the country, officials said on Monday. These forces,...
