by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Reinsurance, Technology
Jeff Bezos, since stepping away from Amazon.com Inc., has become the latest billionaire to head to space. Meanwhile, Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing life in the metaverse. But don’t expect to see Warren Buffett riding on the next rocket ship for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The seven-day average for new daily COVID-19 infections has surpassed 100,000 in the US, returning to levels not seen since the winter surge. Cases and hospitalisations have skyrocketed in the last month, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. The country was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 38,628 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,18,95,385, while the death toll climbed to 4,27,371 with 617 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The active...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Robbie Mallett, PhD Candidate, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, UCL London: An unusual pattern of winds drove old Arctic sea ice into a precarious position in the winter of 2020. Now in warming waters, large swathes of the Arctic's diminishing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The railways has invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based technology by retrofitting on the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) in 89 km Sonipat-Jind section of the Northern Railway, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. This is an attempt by the...