by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
KATHMANDU/BANGKOK/NEW DELHI: Drastic cuts in the availability and use of essential public health services across South Asia due to COVID-19 may have contributed to an estimated 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, according to a new United Nations report....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The average of COVID-19 vaccine wastage in India is 6.5 per cent, with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh recording 17.6 and 11.6 per cent wastage respectively, the Centre said on Wednesday as it called for optimal utilisation of the jabs. Addressing a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
LONDON: Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits. The ride hailing giant’s announcement Tuesday comes after it lost an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Around 78.27 lakh (7.8 million) domestic passengers travelled by air in February 2021 which is 36.71 per cent lower than the corresponding period last year, Indian aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. As per the Directorate General of Civil...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: Funds investing in “brown” or polluting companies would be hit far harder than environmentally-friendly “green” funds in a climate-related market shock, the European Union’s securities watchdog said on Wednesday in its...
