by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
The Italian government is planning to quarantine the entire Lombardy region around Milan to limit the spread of the coronavirus as well as areas around and including Venice and the northern cities of Parma and Rimini, Italian media has reported. A draft of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2020 | Facts, Health, Technology
New York: Researchers have found that the salad crop, red romaine lettuce, grown on board the International Space Station (ISS), is as nutritious as counterparts grown on the Earth, an advance that may help astronauts grow safe, fresh food during space missions....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people's concerns about the new coronavirus. The ban covers advertisements on the social media platform as well as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Snapping their six-month buying streak, FPIs pulled out a net Rs 13,157 crore from the Indian capital markets in the first five trading sessions of March as the coronavirus outbreak spooked investor sentiment. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
SHANGHAI: About 30 people remained trapped early on Sunday after a five-storey hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou, state media said.About four hours after the collapse, the Quanzhou municipality said 38...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
MUMBAI: State Bank of India said it will need to invest 24.5 billion rupees ($331 million) if it were to buy a 49% stake in Yes Bank as part of a rescue deal of the troubled lender.SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar told reporters on Saturday the bank’s capital infusion...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: After Yes Bank was placed under moratorium, digital payments were impacted as PhonePe, which depends on the cash-strapped lender for its transactions, could not operate. It can be noted that the bank's own net banking facilities have not been...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: In the wake of 31 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in sample collection for COVID-19 to enhance capacity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the coronavirus situation in the country at a meeting with officials on Saturday and directed them to identify locations for sufficient quarantine facilities and make provisions for critical care in case the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 6, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. was fined 500,000 pounds ($639,000) by the UK’s privacy watchdog for failing to protect customers’ data due to security lapses lasting nearly four years. The penalty is the highest the UK authority could levy under...
