by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Facts, Health, Technology
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women around the world, after lung cancer. While steadily on the decline over the last several decades, the chances are that 1 in 39 women, or 2.5 per cent, will succumb to the disease Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
“Many Hong Kong residents who stayed abroad during the epidemic have returned to Hong Kong, while some mainland and overseas persons have also been admitted to Hong Kong through various schemes,” the government said. Hong Kong’s population rose 2.1%...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Policy
Among other things, common tests and screenings such as X-ray, ECG, blood tests and CT scans will be free. If medicines are not available at the OPD, they shall be purchased locally (by the hospital) and given to patients, the order said Mumbai: Free treatment and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
China’s fertility rate is already one of the world’s lowest alongside South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Concerned about China’s first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing population, Beijing is urgently trying an array of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Breakneck urbanization has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. With wetlands paved over and nowhere for surplus water to settle, waterlogging and flooding was commonplace...
