by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Workplace/Employee Benefits
More than 4.6 crore Indians, meanwhile, are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020 (nearly half of the global new poor according to the United Nations Moreover, the pandemic set gender parity back from 99 years to now 135 years. Women collectively lost...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano triggered a tsunami on the shores of Tonga and cut off phone and internet lines for the entire island. International communication has been severely hampered by damage to an undersea cable, which could take...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Disaster & Management, International News
Saturday’s eruption was so powerful that space satellites captured not only huge clouds of ash but also an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out from the volcano at close to the speed of sound Some volcanologists are likening the eruption to the 1991 Pinatubo...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. – More than 160 million people are estimated to have been pushed into poverty during the health crisis The world’s 10 wealthiest people more than doubled their fortunes to $1.5...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
In a pilot initiative, advisories will be provided to small farmers of the state, which is particularly prone to cyclones, to help them adapt to impact of the climate crisis The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Odisha government have joined hands to...
