by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Paris: Electricite de France SA is preparing its nuclear power facilities to operate in more severe heatwaves in the coming decades as a changing climate may interfere with key electrical equipment. The utility, which produces almost three-quarters of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India may receive below-average rainfall in the next two weeks with a large deficit in the soybean and cotton growing central and western regions, a weather department official said on Thursday, raising concerns over the output of summer-sown crops....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
A string of successful bets on ports, mining and commodities helped transform Gautam Adani from a nondescript diamond trader into a tycoon with a net worth of $10 billion. Now the Indian businessman is setting his sight on what he believes could become...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
MUMBAI: “Microfinance Plus”, a quarterly publication by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Equifax revealed growth in overall volume in loan disbursement by 20 per cent in FY18. From the overall industry’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Facts, Health
Drinking soda doesn’t just threaten to make us fat, it could be linked to a higher risk of cancer, judging from a new study. But here’s the more surprising part: so could fruit juices. Increased daily consumption of about 3.4 ounces of soda —...