by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and AstraZeneca are less effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus compared to the Alpha variant, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford. The researchers, however, noted that with Delta,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI: Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to concern that children returning to school without being vaccinated will be among the most vulnerable during a third wave of coronavirus infections. Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Over 3.86 crore people did not get their second dose of anti-Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — within the stipulated period of time, the government has said in response to an RTI query. According to information on the CoWIN portal, as of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods in Germany and China to the wildfires still burning in Greece, California and Siberia —you may be interested to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over an oil spill that occurred more than half a century ago. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant will pay the Ejama-Ebubu people 45.7 billion naira...
