by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 29, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
As many as 75 per cent of COVID-19 patients were overcharged by private hospitals, a survey carried out in Maharashtra has found. Nearly half of these patients died during treatment, said Dr Abahy Shukla of the Jan Aarogya Abhiyan, an umbrella group of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 29, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi, Sept 29: India's plans to expand its coal fleet by 64 gigawatt would nearly double the number of annual premature deaths from coal-related air pollution in Delhi to 5,280 over the next decade, according to a new study. For the first time, this...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 29, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts
The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish, and other species will be declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, U.S. media reported. Government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species and warned that climate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 29, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi, Sep 29: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved capital infusion of Rs 4,400 crore in the state-owned Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) and its listing through an initial public offering. The government will inject Rs 4,400 crore in the ECGC over a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 29, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Non-Life
MUMBAI, Sept 29: Heavy rains brought by cyclone Gulab damaged India's summer-sown crops such as soybeans, cotton, pulses and vegetables just before harvesting in key growing regions, which could reduce production and lift prices, industry officials told...