by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
There are 56 at-risk glacial lakes in India and the urgency to monitor them was stepped up after Lhonak Lake in the eastern Himalayas burst its banks two weeks ago and caused widespread damage in Sikkim, a small mountainous state wedged between China, Nepal and Bhutan...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 3, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
“What our study has shown is an urgent need to bridge the protection gap in risk impact and its financial implications, and consequentially, to enhance risk preparedness across organisations. This is especially important for a market like Vietnam, one of the most...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
But in pushing its digital public infrastructure “India is putting people at risk from data collection and data overreach,” said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia policy director at digital rights group Access Now. “It’s a bad model.” Last...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
A group of scientists who were using AI to help discover new drugs ran an experiment where they tweaked their AI to search for harmful molecules instead They managed to generate 40,000 potentially poisonous agents in less than six hours, as reported in the Nature...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2023 | Banking & Bancassurance, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation
The results indicate that banks are increasingly concerned about the potential of global warming to hurt asset values. The industry also faces a December deadline by the European Central Bank to reflect climate risks in their governance, strategy and risk management...
