by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance, Risk Management
New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said his target is to reduce the number of road accidents and resultant deaths by 50 per cent before 2024 and that efforts are also being made to improve the quality of roads. Gadkari, who is known for his...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump’s administration to invalidate the Obamacare healthcare law, ruling that Texas and other challengers had no legal standing to file...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The US is taking another medical moonshot to beat the pandemic, plowing in $3.2 billion to develop antiviral pills to treat Covid-19 infections. If all goes well, some of those pills might become available by the end of this year. The new programme, coming...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
LONDON: Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global climate change commitments, but now comes the hard part – finding ways to exclude coal from bulk-buy contracts, known as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ social network. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
