by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday. The virus-related economic downturn caused only a temporary downturn in CO2...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Technology
Paris, September 16: Capgemini and Efma’s World InsurTech Report 2021, published today, reveals that InsurTechs and BigTech players are leveraging significant capital inflows to boost technological development and fuel innovation, turning up the heat on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
LONDON: Small companies in Britain, which demanded that their insurers cover claims for losses accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic, have received more than one billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in full and interim business interruption payouts to date. Businesses...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi, Sept 16: The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on Friday, which among other things may review the tax rate of over four-dozen items and extend till December 31, tax concessions on 11 COVID drugs. Also, taxing petrol and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Sept 16: everal Asian nations are quickly ramping up vaccination campaigns from shaky starts to combat growing COVID-19 infections, as supply shipments roll in and people overcome hesitancy in hopes of easing curbs and freeing up travel. Japan...
