by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 9, 2019 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
China over-reported its economic growth between 2008 and 2016 by an average of 1.7 percentage points, according to a recent study by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Chicago. The discrepancy came from local...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
Mumbai: Junior labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar Friday said the government is expecting over 1 crore workers to get enrolled into the newly-launched Pradhan Mantri-Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana by the end of the month. "Under this scheme, people will get...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2019 | Indian News, Regulation, Risk Management
Hyderabad: In a bid to address conflicts of interest arising out of the appointment of common directors,the insurance regulator IRDA has said it should be the responsibility of the board of directors of the insurance companies to formulate policy to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Norway will announce on Friday whether its sovereign wealth fund, which is the world's biggest and has been fuelled by petrodollars, will divest its oil and gas holdings in a decision keenly awaited by climate activists. While the decision is said to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 8, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi:: India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), as it negotiates with Washington about extending a waiver of US sanctions past early May, two sources in India with knowledge of the matter said....
