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Pandemic has IFC pumping $1.7 billion into local companies, up 51%
The impact of the pandemic coupled with the region’s vulnerability to climate change, has highlighted the need for a collaborative, resilient and climate friendly recovery that can withstand future shocks, said its new regional director for South Asia, Hector Gomez Ang.
While South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, estimates suggest that climate impacts could reduce its annual GDP by an average of 1.8 percent by 2050, rising to 8.8 percent by 2100 if the region failed to take adequate corrective measures. The region is also estimated to have an untapped climate investment potential of USD3.4 trillion by 2030, Ang said.
NPS” non-govt subscriber base crosses 30 lakh-mark; corpus to hit Rs 1 lakh cr soon: PFRDA
“As of August 14, the non-government sector, which is the corporate and all citizen model, we have seen that the total onboarding (of subscribers) has crossed three million. In this, retail is a big landmark for us.
“Three years ago, our subscriber was just about 13-13.5 lakh (March 2018) in retail and corporate,” the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
No data shows need for booster vaccines presently: Dr Gagandeep Kang
According to Dr Kang, whether people will have more antibodies or be better protected with the booster dose is still not known.
“It sounds obvious that more antibodies (abs) are better but we really don’t know whether people who push up abs with additional doses will be better protected than with the level they initially made. Or that when abs wane, we need to boost to maintain above some level,” she said.
Further, she explained how people with a poor immune response should get a third dose,
Power ministry circulates draft rules on clean energy, seeks comments
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Google Pay’s ‘tremendous success’ in India to be replicated globally: Pichai
UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Coronavirus to hit reinsurers hard:AM Best
einsurers may face higher levels of risk than L/H insurers, as their risk profiles entail higher exposures to mortality and morbidity risks. However, global reinsurers have been broadening their risk exposures in recent years in an effort to minimize the concentration of mortality and morbidity risks.
As economic costs of Coronavirus mount, China accuses U.S. of overreacting
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