by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Health, Policy, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
1 in 7 adolescents globally experience mental health conditions, which mostly go unseen and untreated. EASE is the first WHO-UNICEF psychological intervention to address the critical shortage of mental health care for adolescents experiencing distress Geneva: The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2023 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
The India Meteorological Department expects the AI-based climate models and advisories it is developing to help improve forecasts.The weather office has used AI to generate public alerts regarding heatwaves and such diseases as malaria.It plans to increase weather...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Policy, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
LIC stock jumped over 7 per cent to reach its 52-week high in morning trade on Friday after getting a one-time exemption to achieve 25 per cent Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) within 10 years. The stock climbed 7.25 per cent to reach its 52-week high of Rs 820.05 on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Life, Policy, Regulation, Technology
Sumit Rai, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance One of the awaited developments of 2024 is that the government will table the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill as it has the potential to bring another round of positive reforms and bolster the growth prospects of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
This week, provisional chartering rates for a Suezmax tanker to move oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean rose above 90 worldscale points, said shipbrokers. That’s a sharp jump from between 75 to 85 points in provisional bookings made in the past week. These points...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
There is also no increase in hospitalisation rates and COVID-19 is an incidental finding in people hospitalised due to other medical conditions New Delhi:There is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 mandatory at airports for travellers, Union health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
New Delhi may consider an alternate route along Africa for shipments of basmati rice if attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group persist, which could lift prices by about 15% to 20%, the source added New Delhi: India’s exports face a shortfall of about $4 billion...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
“JN.1 is a fast-spreading variant, it could go into the next tier of the population, which is the vulnerable age group, older people and also people with multiple comorbidities. In such individuals, their underlying conditions can destabilise and could result in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management, Technology
It’s virtually impossible to escape the all-seeing eye of companies like Google and Meta Platforms Inc. when we’re online. Now those companies have an opportunity to watch our real-world lives through wearables, which could make today’s online surveillance business...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2023 | Health, Indian News, Intermediaries, Regulation
The Irdai order lists 13 charges against E-Meditek. These charges are with respect to empanelment of fake hospitals and payment of claims pertaining to these hospitals, payments and servicing of fictitious and fraudulent insurance claims, unexplained dealing in cash...
