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India’s factory activity falters in November as Covid-19 fears persist: PMI
“Although the softening of rates of expansion seen in the latest month does not represent a major setback, since these are down from over decade highs in October, a spike in COVID-19 cases and the possibility of associated restrictions could undermine the recovery,” noted Pollyanna De Lima, economics associate director at IHS Markit.
U.S. insurers dig into corporate diversity practices as lawsuits pile up
Insurers are meeting company officials to examine diversity practices before renewing or signing new so-called D&O policies to cover lawsuits against directors and officers, insurers and brokers said.
Before pricing coverage, insurers want details about top-level succession planning and how companies recruit, they said.
Fitch maintains a stable rating outlook for Chinese non-life insurance sector
“We expect the non-motor business to continue to report faster growth dynamics than the motor insurance class. Implementation of comprehensive motor insurance reform is likely to impair smaller insurers’ ability to boost profitability, while scale advantage will enable the large peers to sustain profitable underwriting results,” said Fitch in a rating note.
Shell faces Dutch court as climate change activists demand end to emissions
Environmental activists are demanding that Shell cuts its greenhouse gas emissions almost in half by 2030 and to zero by 2050 – which would effectively force the Anglo-Dutch firm to quickly move away from oil and gas and direct its investment to sustainable sources of energy
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
While environmentalists blamed the government for the rise, federal officials hailed the figures as a sign of progress in fighting deforestation, as the increase was far lower than the 34% increase recorded in 2019.
COVID-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SC
The bench had observed that when the Delhi government has agreed in the high court not to paste posters, why cannot the Centre come up with guidelines dealing with the matter for the entire country
India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases in South-East Asia between 2000-2019: WHO
“Countries in South-East Asia made particularly strong progress, with reductions in cases and deaths of 73 per cent and 74 per cent, respectively. India contributed to the largest drop in cases region-wide from approximately 20 million to about 6 million, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the report’s forward.
COVID-19 worsens Europe’s inequalities in yet another way – the fertility gap
Evidence suggests the coronavirus is deterring would-be parents from conceiving in most of Europe, but especially in the southern countries – from Italy to Greece – where safety nets are weakest and the birth rate was already in strong decline.
Biden plan to end U.S. fossil fuel subsidies faces big challenges
Doing away with tax breaks on producers of fuels that emit greenhouse gases would fit neatly with Biden’s pro-climate agenda, which marks a reversal from Trump’s efforts to roll back climate regulations while boosting fossil fuel output.
It would help establish the United States as a global leader on climate, potentially helping convince other big emitters to axe fossil fuel subsidies.
New AI model may help treat cancer more effectively, study says
“This will help cancer researchers to prioritise which drug combinations to choose from thousands of options for further research,” said Tero Aittokallio from the University of Helsinki in Finland.
The researchers noted that the same machine learning approach could be used for non-cancerous diseases.