by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India reported 44,658 fresh cases and 496 fatalities due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Kerala logged more than 30,000 cases of new infections during the period, informed the Union Health Ministry on Friday. Kerala yesterday reported 30,007 new...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the number of new coronavirus cases reported globally appears to be stabilising at about 4.5 million infections after steadily rising for the past two months. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: The impact on competition from the Gulf airlines has been a key concern for Indian carriers but as the market is expected to be very large by the financial year 2030, it can accommodate Indian as well as Middle Eastern carriers without strategic conflicts,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Disaster & Management, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
London: Lloyd’s, the world’s leading marketplace for commercial, corporate and speciality risk solutions, has announced a two-year partnership with geospatial insurtech McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS). The new agreement provides the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy
New Delhi: Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Thursday launched the e-SHRAM portal to maintain a database of 38 crore workers in the unorganised sector. Through the portal, the government aims to register 38 crore unorganised sector workers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
BENGALURU: India's air safety regulator,Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said on Thursday it had cleared Boeing Co's BA.N 737 MAX aircraft to fly with immediate effect, ending its nearly two-and-a-half-years of regulatory grounding in a key...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
New Delhi: Air taxis that will traverse the airspace instead of roads will be very much possible in the coming days under the drone rules announced on Thursday, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. "Air taxis are being researched and invented...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: The ESG-focused fund-raising (green bonds) market, which has already scaled an all-time high so far this year, is set to cross the USD 10-billion-mark by December, according to Wall Street investment banking major JP Morgan, which has advised 12 of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Facts, Health, Technology
New Delhi: India's wearables market grew 118.2 per cent year-on-year in the June 2021 quarter at 11.2 million units with strong shipments from homegrown brands in earwear and watches fuelling this growth, according to research firm IDC. The second wave of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The central government on Thursday said the months of September and October will be crucial in pandemic management and cautioned that festivals should be celebrated in accordance with COVID-19-appropriate behaviour. Addressing a media briefing, Union Health...
