by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
The cloud burst incident in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district has affected about eight Public Works Development roads. According to Mukesh Repaswal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, the situation following the cloud burst in the district is under control now....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The European Union will ask India to join its push for a global treaty on plastic pollution, according to a draft statement prepared for a virtual summit on Saturday and seen by Reuters. The draft statement, which must be signed off by EU ambassadors and needs...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding they said could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds. To train the bees, scientists in the bio-veterinary...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Extended forecast suggests that monsoon will arrive in Kerala around June 1, its normal onset date, said M Rajeevan, the secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will issue an official...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. Biden voiced...
