by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
China said Thursday it is providing Covid-19 vaccines to nearly 40 African countries, describing its actions as purely altruistic in an apparent intensification of what has been described as "vaccine diplomacy." The vaccines were donated or sold at...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains "fragile" and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization's Europe director warned on Thursday but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe. Regional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Social media giant Facebook said it has received 40,300 requests from the Indian government for user data in the second half of 2020. This was 13.3 per cent higher from the January-June 2020 period when India had made 35,560 total requests, according to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: RMSI, a Delhi based global catastrophe risk management consultancy offering solutions for risks associated with natural and man-made hazards, has estimated that initial potential economic losses out of Cyclone Tauktae are about Rs 15,000 crore,...
