by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2026 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The 2022 drought resulted in €5.6 billion in direct and indirect costs, but this year’s heatwaves have been longer and more intense, with more extensive forest fires and a greater decline in agricultural production, French environment minister Monique Barbut said. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
AI data centers put particular strain on their power supply when they are training new models — a process that mobilizes all of the graphics processing units in unison. Like the digital equivalent of bees swarming or a school of fish changing direction, hundreds of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
“The idea is to benchmark treatment rates, agreed between insurers and hospitals, to reduce disputes and fraudulent claims,” said one of the sources. MUMBAI: The government is weighing wide-ranging reforms of health insurance, from benchmarked treatment...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
The committee noted that households continue to face significant financial stress while accessing private healthcare, with average out-of-pocket expenditure per hospitalisation episode pegged at Rs 34,064. It also flagged medical inflation of 10-13 per cent and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran’s conditions for a peace deal with his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests, in a rhetorical escalation likely to complicate efforts to reopen the Strait...
