by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
BEIJING: China's airline industry association has thrown its support behind 13 Chinese carriers seeking compensation from Boeing for groundings of the 737 Max 8. The China Air Transport Association said in a statement Friday that the groundings...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2019 | Facts, Health
WASHINGTON DC: One-third of patients with pancreatic cancer do not see a medical oncologist, and even more do not receive cancer-directed treatment, found new research. Pancreatic cancer has a high death rate and is often diagnosed in advanced...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will more than double the rate of innovation improvements and employee productivity gains in India by 2021, according to a Microsoft-IDC study released Monday. The study surveyed 200 business leaders and 202 workers in India. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Investors' wealth has gone up by Rs 3.86 lakh crore in two days of market rise where the Sensex has gained 872 points after the decisive mandate for the BJP in the general election. The 30-share BSE key index has gained 871.9 points in two days. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
New Delhi: The top level panel headed by Subhash C Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI to bring about large scale reforms in the Indian insurance industry, has preferred to focus on some of the pressing issues like insurance penetration and natural disaster in its...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
Mumbai: The General Insurance Council(GI Council), the official representative body of the Rs 1.7 trillion general insurance industry, will select a new secretary general on May 29. The insurance professionals who have been shortlisted for the interview...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Indian News, Risk Management
KOLKATA: An Air Asia flight was cordoned off on Sunday by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the airport here after receiving a threat call. The flight I5 588 took off from Bagdogra with 179 passengers on board. The airline said it recieved...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: A single authority for sanctioning and processing GST refunds is in the offing as the Finance Ministry looks to speed up and simplify the process for exporters, an official said. The current mechanism entails a twin refund sanctioning authority of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Foreign investors have pulled out a net amount of Rs 4,375 crore from the Indian capital markets in May so far, driven by global and domestic factors. Prior to this, overseas investors had infused a net amount of Rs 16,093 crore in April, Rs 45,981...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has proposed cutting down compliance time significantly to just one hour per month for start-ups as part of measures to ease regulatory requirements for budding entrepreneurs, an official said. The proposal is a part of...
