by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
From the list of FAQs, the ministry, answering to whether the existing vaccines work against the Omicron variant, said, “While, there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on Omicron, some of the mutations reported on spike gene may...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Indian News, Policy, Risk Management
In 2019, PepsiCo sued some Indian farmers based in the western state of Gujarat for cultivating the FC5 potato variety, which has a lower moisture content required to make snacks such as potato chips. Withdrawing the lawsuits the same year, the New York-based company...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
With a notable funding gap in most countries, 90% of road deaths happen in low and middle-income countries. UN: Road accidents are still responsible for 1.3 million annual deaths and 50 million injuries all over the world, but the United Nations has a Global Plan to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Facts, Trends, Facts
The report also highlights that among used car buyers, the most-preferred body type is hatchbacks (43 per cent willing to buy) followed by SUVs (26 per cent willing to buy). Additionally, the demand for petrol engines is also high among buyers, as per the findings of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Risk Management
Ajay Tyagi, chairman, Sebi The Sebi chief noted that Indian investors are showing increased interest in ESG compliant companies and investment products. Also, ESG funds are rapidly expanding in the Indian mutual fund industry New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi is in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Under the scheme, patients will now be able to get free treatment related to organ and tissue transplant surgery and its post-transplant medication, arthroscopy, general surgery related to gastrointestinal bleeding and various neurosurgeries, the statement said....
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) also directed that industrial operations and processes in NCR, not running on Piped Natural Gas or other cleaner fuels, shall be allowed to operate only up to eight hours a day from Monday to Friday and shall not be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Indian News, Policy
”We think the new climate goals will be difficult to achieve without significantly compromising India’s stated economic targets and its ambition to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024/25. Indeed, it may not even be possible,” Oxford Economics...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Bharati Pravin Pawar,Union Minister of State for Health In response to a question on whether the government proposes to bring a legislation for two child policy, the minister said, ”There is no such proposal.” The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) has declined to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Dr. Neal Mills, chief medical officer for benefits consulting firm Aon Plc, said his team has been meeting with clients all week about possible new options. “They are recognizing that they are going to need to revisit many of the decisions they’ve made. If...
