by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Since 2001, a total of 100 crore people have been impacted and nearly 83,000 lost lives due to these disasters. If the losses are adjusted with current prices, the losses come out to a staggering Rs 13 lakh crore or 6 per cent of the GDP, State Bank of India (SBI)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Kerala (0.71 per cent), Goa (3.76 per cent), Sikkim (3.82 per cent), Tamil Nadu (4.89 per cent) and Punjab (5.59 per cent) have registered the lowest poverty across India and are at the bottom of the index. The report said India’s Multidimensional Poverty Index...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Policy
It just one year old, Shahpirai’s son was suffering from severe malnutrition. Yet without the means or available facilities for him to receive proper health care, his mother could only hope he would improve at home.Shahpirai, 30, is the sole provider for her husband...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy, Risk Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global food systems worldwide, causing food insecurity and malnutrition The UN agency underscored the urgency of strengthening their capacity to endure shocks, including extreme weather events and surges in plant and animal diseases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Workplace/Employee Benefits
“The variant includes a large number of spike protein mutations as well as mutations in other parts of the viral genome. These are potentially biologically significant mutations which may change the behaviour of the virus with regards to vaccines, treatments and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Didi sparked the ire of Beijing when it proceeded with its New York stock offering this summer, despite regulatory requests that it ensure the security of its data before the IPO. Chinese regulators quickly launched multiple investigations into the company and have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
In a letter to additional chief secretaries or principal secretaries or secretaries (Health) of the states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked them to ensure that samples of travellers turning positive are sent to the designated IGSLS or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
“The world needs rules for artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. The Recommendation on the ethics of AI is a major answer. It sets the first global normative framework while giving States the responsibility to apply it at their level. UNESCO will support its...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar After nearly two years of deliberations, the Joint Committee of Parliament on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 on Monday adopted the report on the Bill, which provided the government with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Technology
Congratulating the technical stakeholders for improved cyber ranking, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, joint secretary, e-Governance, Meit said, “India is ranked among top 10 countries, out of 182, in cyber security posture for the year 2020, jumping from the 47th position in the...
