by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: In a bid to encourage the use of electric vehicles rather than those running on petrol and diesel, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of his department. His...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country. Scientists from CSIR-CCMB, in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: The number of subscribers under government-run pension schemes NPS and APY rose nearly 22 per cent to 4.05 crore at January-end this year, according to data from PFRDA. There were over 3.33 crore subscribers under both the schemes by the year-ago same...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Thursday it was suing Slovakia for years-long breaches of legal limits on air pollution and started legal action against Germany and Slovenia for falling short on nature conservation and water treatment.Air pollution in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
PARIS: Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after side-effects led hospital staff and other front-line workers to call in sick, putting extra strain on already-stretched services.Such...
