by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
Berlin: The German government on Friday announced that it will swiftly adjust its law aiming to curb climate change, after the country's top court ruled that existing legislation places an unfair burden on younger generations. Germany's Constitutional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed mine. Community groups worried about pollution and climate change have...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Some painkillers like Ibuprofen are found to worsen Covid-19, known to be harmful to heart failure patients and may increase risk of kidney damage, the ICMR said as it advised against taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recommended taking...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy
The dual impacts of the pandemic and Myanmar's political crisis triggered by a military coup could result in nearly half the population, or as many as 25 million people, dropping into poverty by 2022, the United Nations Development Programme warns. In a report...