by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi,Sept 26: Of the 6.10 lakh cancers reported and analysed between 2012 to 2019 under the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), 52.4 per cent were reported in males and 47.6 per cent in women. Childhood cancers (0-14 years) comprised 7.9 per cent of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: India needs a lot more banks and a lot more large sized ones to meet the growing needs of the country needs in the path of making a smart recovery post pandemic disruptions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday. Speaking at 74th Annual General...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Risk Management
Amaravati, Sep 26: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is all set to roll out a new Rs 7,270 crore State Support Programme for Strengthening Road Safety to help realise the vision of ''Zero road fatalities on Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Mumbai,Sept 26 Over 90 per cent of the Indian business leaders opined that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to improve crisis management capabilities, says a survey by consultancy firm PwC India. About 59 per cent of the Indian business admitted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Washington, Sept 26: According to a new study, women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies. The findings of the study were published in the ''American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Facts, Health, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New experiments by indoor air researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that certain circumstances will result in poor mixing of room air, meaning airborne contaminants may not be effectively dispersed and removed by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The country needs at least 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions and 200 super-specialty hospitals, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday as he called for the need to replicate the infrastructure development sector's public-private...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: In what may come as a boon for people aspiring to ride on their own electric vehicles, the government is looking to extend the provisions of its subsidy scheme FAME II to the buyers of passenger cars meant for personal use. Government sources said that they...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
It took a while to be officially recognized, but smell loss eventually became known to be one of the defining features of COVID-19. It's now widely acknowledged that COVID-19 has a unique effect on smell receptors, and about 10% of those who lose their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2021 | International News, Technology
The wait is almost over for some Tesla customers to get access to driver-assistance technology the company has marketed in controversial ways — as long as they’re on their best behaviour. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has said that on Friday, the...