by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees (16.73 degrees Celsius) last month, beating out the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
High levels of chronic disease in India, such as diabetes and hypertension, helped stoke the brutal coronavirus waves that hit world’s second-most populous nation during the pandemic, researchers said. The findings from one of the few large-scale studies...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Bengaluru: Even as Karnataka is struggling with Covid, the state Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services on Thursday stressed the need for prevention and control of Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) in the state. "Considerable number of cases being...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: The first nasal vaccine against COVID-19, developed by Bharat Biotech, has received regulator’s nod for conducting phase 2 clinical trial, the Department of Biotechnology said on Friday. Phase 1 clinical trial has been completed in age groups ranging...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Indian News, Life
Pune: Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, which has entered the third decade of operations this month, is not planing to go public with a listing because it is ''the highest-capitalised life insurance company with over Rs 10,000 crore of equity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Around 50.07 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in July, 61 per cent higher than the 31.13 lakh who travelled in June, the country's aviation regulator said on Friday. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), 21.15 lakh...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The Central Government on Friday notified Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single-use plastic items. This amended rule will curtail the adverse impacts of littered plastic on both terrestrial and aquatic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Maharashtra has reported its third death of a patient infected with the Delta Plus Covid-19 virus variant, as the total number of patients with the variant stood at over 65 till date, officials said. A 69-year-old man diagnosed with Delta Plus has succumbed in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
NEW DELHI: Paytm's $2.2 billion IPO is facing an unusual hurdle – a 71-year-old former director has urged India's markets regulator to stall the offering, alleging he is a co-founder who invested $27,500 two decades ago but never got shares. In...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
People who have recovered from COVID-19 may face problems in cognitive tasks such as thinking and attention, according to a study of over 80,000 individuals. The research, published in the journal EClinicalMedicine, found that those with more severe COVID-19 symptoms...
