by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
The article said the current overproduction of crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane, has led to rapid depletion of the ground-water table, soil degradation and massive air pollution raising questions about the environmental sustainability of current agricultural...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Facts, Health, Policy
Population Foundation of India, asked for a substantial increase in budget allocations for health, nutrition and education and skill building of adolescents in the forthcoming Union budget 2022-23. New Delhi: NGOs have urged the government to increase the allocation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
”99 per cent of CEOs in India believe India’s economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, with 94 per cent of India CEOs being optimistic about global economic growth improving over the next 12 months as against 77 per cent of global CEOs,”...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
Key reasons identified for the increase in fraud incidents over the next two years include large-scale remote working models, increase in customers using non-branch banking channels and the limited/ineffective use of forensic analytics tools to identify potential red...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
More than 4.6 crore Indians, meanwhile, are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020 (nearly half of the global new poor according to the United Nations Moreover, the pandemic set gender parity back from 99 years to now 135 years. Women collectively lost...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano triggered a tsunami on the shores of Tonga and cut off phone and internet lines for the entire island. International communication has been severely hampered by damage to an undersea cable, which could take...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Disaster & Management, International News
Saturday’s eruption was so powerful that space satellites captured not only huge clouds of ash but also an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out from the volcano at close to the speed of sound Some volcanologists are likening the eruption to the 1991 Pinatubo...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. – More than 160 million people are estimated to have been pushed into poverty during the health crisis The world’s 10 wealthiest people more than doubled their fortunes to $1.5...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
In a pilot initiative, advisories will be provided to small farmers of the state, which is particularly prone to cyclones, to help them adapt to impact of the climate crisis The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Odisha government have joined hands to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The good news is that nature-based solutions for infrastructure are 50 per cent cheaper than alternatives and deliver 28 per cent greater added value in terms of productivity, while they can also create much-needed jobs nearly 60 million by 2030 if necessary...
