by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
China holds a near-monopoly on rare earth magnets – a crucial component in electric vehicle motors – and it added them to an export control list in April as part of its trade war with the United States, forcing all exporters to apply to Beijing for licenses. In a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
India is ranked sixth among countries most affected by extreme weather, according to the 2025 Climate Risk Index report by Germanwatch. The world’s fastest-growing major economy has experienced more than 400 extreme weather events over three decades ending 2022, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
The World Bank’s assessment, based on the $3.00 per day international poverty line (using 2021 prices), shows a broad-based reduction across both rural and urban areas.The data further showed that this sharp decline was uniformly observed, with rural extreme...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
CCPA has also issued notices to e-commerce platforms in some cases that have been found violating the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued advisory to all e-commerce platforms...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 6, 2025 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
In absence of any regulation, cryptocurrency is not yet illegal in India. India is currently working on a discussion paper for cryptocurrencies and an inter-ministerial group (IMG), comprising officials from RBI, Sebi and finance ministry, is looking into global norms...