by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Policy
New Delhi: As many as seven firms, including JM Financial, Ernst and Young, and Deloitte, have bid for managing the strategic sale of IDBI Bank. These firms would make a virtual presentation before the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, which is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
Raipur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday said Chhattisgarh is among the states which have witnessed the least progress in providing tap water connection to rural households under the Jal Jeevan Mission that started in December 2019....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday directed officials to provide immediate financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the dependents of those killed in rain-related incidents in the state and Rs 2 lakh...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life
1. “Rusty” pilots and the return of sightseeing flights Earlier this year, dozens of pilots reported making mistakes, such as taking multiple attempts to land, to NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System, with many citing rustiness as a factor on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
COVID-19 increases patients' risks for heart attack and stroke, suggests a study from Sweden that compared 86,742 individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 and 348,481 people without the virus. In the week following a COVID-19 diagnosis, the risk of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Reinsurance, Technology
Jeff Bezos, since stepping away from Amazon.com Inc., has become the latest billionaire to head to space. Meanwhile, Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing life in the metaverse. But don’t expect to see Warren Buffett riding on the next rocket ship for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The seven-day average for new daily COVID-19 infections has surpassed 100,000 in the US, returning to levels not seen since the winter surge. Cases and hospitalisations have skyrocketed in the last month, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. The country was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 38,628 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,18,95,385, while the death toll climbed to 4,27,371 with 617 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The active...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Robbie Mallett, PhD Candidate, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, UCL London: An unusual pattern of winds drove old Arctic sea ice into a precarious position in the winter of 2020. Now in warming waters, large swathes of the Arctic's diminishing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The railways has invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based technology by retrofitting on the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) in 89 km Sonipat-Jind section of the Northern Railway, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. This is an attempt by the...
