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The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Delhi resident Parmod Kumar Bhatia and others seeking alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution.
The plea, filed through advocate Rahul Choudhary, said there are several reports published over the years which show that wood based cremation contributes significantly towards the air pollution.
HC asks govt about compensation for kin of deceased frontline staff
The petitioner had sought direction to the state government to declare frontline workers, including doctors, police personnel and others, who died after contracting the deadly infection on duty, as martyrs and to give their families compensation.
In its response to the petition last week,the state government had said insurance cover is being provided to all healthcare workers in private and government-run hospitals under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package – Insurance Scheme for Health Workers.
Covid-19 case fatality rate ‘progressively falling’,among lowest in world:Govt
China takes over companies linked to disappeared financier
the pandemic could generate an additional €50 to €80 billion of claims worldwide:Moody’s
For property/casualty insurers,the pandemic could generate an additional €50 to €80 billion of claims worldwide, equivalent to a mid-sized natural catastrophe event, mainly against event cancellation,business interruption and travel insurance...
Investors and insurers of Russian pipeline projects at risk of US sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned investors in two Russian natural gas pipeline projects that they could face sanctions as the Trump administration seeks to curb the Kremlin’s economic leverage over Europe and Turkey. Pompeo told a...
Investors sue Deutsche Bank,CEO in wake of Epstein fine
Lloyd’s underwriters sue Indiana Archdiocese for not disclosing allegations of child sexual abuse
Underwriters for Lloyd’s of London contends in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that when the archdiocese applied for excess sexual misconduct liability insurance in June 2019, it failed to disclose abuse allegations against Rev. David J. Marcotte reported months before its application was filed.The lawsuit asks a judge to rescind the insurance policy and render it void, The Indianapolis Star reported.
Airports Authority of India to procure 198 body scanners for 63 airports
“The process for procurement of body scanners started earlier this year before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become important to get these scanners as soon as possible as frisking of passengers by security personnel has already been minimised since March due to the pandemic,” the AAI officials noted.
Out of these 198 scanners, 19 will be for the Chennai airport, 17 for the Kolkata airport and 12 for the Pune airport, the officials told PTI.
Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly 4 million people, at least 189 dead
The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China’s Tibet, India and Bangladesh, has damaged crops and triggered mudslides, displacing millions of people, officials said.
More than 2.75 million people in Assam have been displaced by three waves of floods since late May that has claimed 79 lives after two more deaths were reported overnight, a state government official said.
Global death toll for pandemic now above 600,000
$501M unemployment insurance fraud Case in US
Derek Pickle, acting special agent-in-charge of the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Labor, said the nation has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of unemployment insurance fraud around the nation during the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused unprecedented challenges for states trying to process unemployment claims.
NIA says ratings downgrade by AM Best `filmsy’,will grow profitability
AM Best revises Swiss re’s credit rating outlook to negative
The negative outlook on the Long-Term ICR reflects pressure on Swiss Re’s operating performance assessment, following non-life underwriting losses in recent periods, partly driven by the casualty book of business.The group has implemented actions to improve the performance of certain sub-segments of its portfolio. However, these actions have had limited impact on results so far.
For first time,world records 1million coronavirus cases in 100 hours-Reuters tally
The pandemic has now killed more than 590,000 people in almost seven months, edging towards the upper range of yearly influenza deaths reported worldwide. The first death was reported on Jan. 10 in Wuhan, China before infections and fatalities then surged in Europe and later in the United States.
The Reuters tally, which is based on government reports, shows the disease is accelerating the fastest in the Americas, which account for more than half the world’s infections and half its deaths.
Heavy monsoon rains speed up crop planting in India
Planting of rice, the key summer crop, was at 16.8 million hectares as of July 17 versus 14.2 million hectares in the previous year, the ministry said.The area planted with cotton was at 11.3 million hectares versus 9.6 million hectares the prior year.Planting of overall oilseeds, including soybean – the main summer oilseed crop – was at 15.5 million hectares, up from 11 million hectares from the previous year.Soybean sowing in India, the world’s biggest buyer of cooking oils, looks likely to jump by at least 15% in 2020.Sugarcane sowing in the world’s biggest sugar producer reached 5.1 million hectares compared with 5 million hectares last year.