by Agencies | Nov 12, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
A lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and the climate emergency has compounded the humanitarian plight of the displaced, most of whom are being hosted in developing regions. “The effects of climate change are exacerbating existing...
by Agencies | Nov 12, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The central theme of the scheme is based on ‘One Nation-One Ombudsman’ with one portal, one email and one address for the customers to lodge their complaints. There will be a single point of reference for customers to file...
by Agencies | Nov 12, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
India also announced a slew of other, more ambitious, climate targets for 2030: increasing the share of renewables in the country’s energy mix to 50 per cent; expanding installed capacity of non-fossil energy from 450 to 500 GW; and reducing the carbon intensity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
“Manufacturers were banking on the festive season to recover from the severe drop in sales they have faced in the early part of the financial year 2021-22. However, shortage of semiconductors and steep hike in raw material cost have been a major spoilsport for...
by Agencies | Nov 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya On the probability of administering a booster dose, he said adequate stocks are available and the aim is to complete the vaccination of the target population with two doses. After that, a decision on booster dose would be taken...
by Agencies | Nov 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The analysis also points to a growing number of countries, currently 53, where households spend more than 60 per cent of their income on necessities such as food, fuel, Developing regions account for 40 per cent of the total and their food import bill is expected to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Any transaction would allow Boeing to establish itself firmly in a market dominated by Airbus aircraft. Market leader IndiGo is the world’s largest customer for the European planemaker’s best-selling jets with orders for more than 700 planes, while the Indian...
by Agencies | Nov 11, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Indian News, Non-Life
The state government said 14 people were killed so far in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M K Stalin held discussions with Ministers chaired a meeting of top state officials led by Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu to review the rain situation. The CM...
by Agencies | Nov 11, 2021 | Indian News, Policy, Technology
He said efforts are being made to integrate state grievance portals with the Centre’s CPGRAMS (Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System), an online system that mainly allows filing of complaints by people against different central government...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Given the momentum, it is no surprise that traditional models cannot keep up, Bruce Carnegie-Brown, chairman of insurance market Lloyd’s of London told Reuters. “If you’ve reached an exponential part of the curve where suddenly, something’s accelerating,...
