by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Amit Shah, Union Home Minister “As a result of the efforts of the government in the field of disaster management, there has been a 98 per cent reduction in the damage caused by cyclones and a significant reduction in heat wave casualties. The Government is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 11, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The “massive and unforeseen” presence of jellyfish in the filter drums of pumping stations closed four out of six reactors at Gravelines on the north coast of France, EDF said in a statement on Monday. Pumping stations for coastal nuclear plants usually draw in sea...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
As soon as temperatures breached 43.6C in Ahmedabad, Makwana and thousands of other women were told that ICICI Lombard, an insurance company, would pay them a portion of their daily wages. The Self-Employed Women’s Association labour union runs the insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
The punishing heat in India is straining power grids and drying up water bodies, triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. According to the Central Water Commission, water storage in 150 major reservoirs in India plunged to its lowest level in five...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2023 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life
McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the lost labor from work in areas exposed to extreme heat, such as construction and agriculture, could put at risk up to 4.5% of India’s GDP by 2030 “Many places that need to have local heat action plans do not have one,” said...
