by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Lucknow: As many as 150 people were feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream. A witness reported a wall of dust, rock and water as an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Nurses and female health care workers are most at risk of experiencing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research. The study, carried out by the University of Sheffield in the UK, is the largest global review of factors...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's sovereign rating should not come under pressure due to surge in fiscal deficit which was mainly on account of higher expenditure to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, said Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj. Given the credibility of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Buyers of new vehicles after opting for scrapping of their old and polluting vehicles will be offered benefits under the new policy to phase out old and polluting vehicles, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said. Terming the policy a boon, the road...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,26,363 with 12,059 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the third time this month, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The...
