by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pension & Social Security
GENEVA : Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected, a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report says. Currently, only 47 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct phase 2/3 clinical trials of its 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccine on children aged between 5 and 18 years with certain...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Axis Bank on Wednesday raised $ 600 million from offshore investors by selling sustainable additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds at a coupon of 4.1 per cent, sources said. Merchant bankers also said this was only the third environment, social and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
The number of subscribers of the government's Atal Pension Yojana (APY) crossed 3.30 crore-mark by August 25, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) said on Wednesday. More than 28 lakh new APY accounts have been opened during the current...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
Chennai: In a temporary relief to the general insurance indutsry,the Madras High Court on Wednesday has put its order, making bumper-to-bumper cover for new vehicles sold from September 1 mandatory, in abeyance for the time being after General...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi, Sept 01 The reported breakthrough COVID-19 infections in India are well within the expected numbers taking into account the total infections and other factors, genome sequencing government consortium INSACOG has said in its recent bulletin while...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | International News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Detroit,Sept 01: The U.S. government's highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla's Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made the detailed request...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Sept 01: Amazon.com Inc. is taking the first steps toward cracking India’s outmoded agricultural sector, hoping to secure the farm produce that yields two-thirds of the country’s $1 trillion in annual retail spending. The Seattle-headquartered giant has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
GENEVA: The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday. The World...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
India is likely to receive above average rainfall in September, the state-run weather office said on Wednesday, helping millions of farmers who had to endure patchy rains in July and August. Monsoon rains were 10% above average in June. "According to...
