by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has released Rs 3,520 crore in last two years to states under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Parliament on Tuesday. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Vardhan said the reasons for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries
New Delhi: In order to protect interest of depositors, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendment to Banking Regulation Act to strengthen cooperative banks and avoid PMC Bank like crisis. There are 1,540 cooperative banks with depositor base of 86...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Surat: The Surat diamond industry is likely to face a loss of around Rs 8,000 crore in next two months as Hong Kong, which is a major export destination, has declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, say experts. Hong Kong...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: The US is working closely with Beijing to combat the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump said, as the deadly infection claimed 490 lives in China and spread to over 20 countries, including India and America, prompting the World Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BEIJING: The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday, as two U.S. airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a quarantined Japanese cruise ship. China's National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said it aims to manufacture and sell another million "green vehicles" in the next couple of years as it accelerates its eco-friendly mobility drive. Kicking off the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life
Mumbai: Nearly one lakh employees of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) staged an hour-long walk-out on Tuesday against the government's decision to sell a part of its stake in the life insurance major through an initial public offering. There are 13 unions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Geneva: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a "pandemic". "Currently we are not in a pandemic,"...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2020 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
CHICAGO: Aon plc announced today the acquisition of Cytelligence Inc, a Canadian-based cyber security firm that provides incident response advisory, digital forensic expertise, security consulting services and cyber security training for employees to help...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: Britain will bring forward a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, to be...
