by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
“In the next one week, selected countries will be identified where the caseload is higher today,” minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. “People from there who come to India will have to upload their (COVID-19) RT-PCR reports and only then come.” New...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
It is likely to be rolled out in the national Covid vaccination programme soon. The approval for the vaccine comes amid a spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries. New Delhi: Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine has been approved by the Union...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The average daily cases during the week ending December 21, India has contributed only 0.03 per cent of Covid cases in the cases reported globally. India’s global contribution of only 153 cases is highly lesser, as compared to 1,54,521– 26.8 per cent of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Facts, Health
The meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents found that walking between 6,000 and 8,000 steps per day was linked with a lower risk of death from all causes among older adults The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Regulation, Risk Management
“As a result, the Effective Implementation score of India has risen from previous 69.95 per cent to 85.49 per cent, thereby changing India’s Safety Oversight ranking from 102 to 48 among the 193 contracting states,” it said. New Delhi: Aviation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, Non-Life, Pandemic
Analysts have forecast China’s economic growth to slump to 2.8-3.2 per cent this year, which would be the lowest in five decades. China has, for the first time, officially acknowledged Covid deaths in recent weeks. This has given credibility to reports of heavy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
It’s “the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action,” the plaintiffs said in a court filing late Thursday. Lawyers for the consumers had steadily gained leverage to pry into the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
The country’s population expanded 0.4% this year to 333.3 million after nearly stagnating at 0.1% in 2021 when the coronavirus exacerbated a trend of more subdued growth in prior years The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Rohit Kumar Singh,Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Talking about other initiatives of the ministry, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the government will soon come out with guidelines for social media influencers, making it mandatory for them to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Besides the decriminalisation of minor offences, the bill envisages the rationalisation of monetary penalties, depending on the gravity of the offence, bolstering trust-based governance New Delhi: Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday in Lok Sabha...