by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
As scientists gather online to finalize a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the need for more research on how it will play out, especially locally. The list of extremes in just the last few...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Julie Steenhuysen Alistair Smout Ari Rabinovitch The Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 the world has encountered, and it is upending assumptions about the disease even as nations loosen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Western investors are wrestling with the risks of investing in U.S. listed stocks of Chinese companies after Beijing embarked on a regulatory crackdown on large swathes of its economy, from the internet sector to private tutoring. The S&P/BNY Mellon China...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The government's total tax collection in the April-June quarter grew about 86 per cent to more than Rs 5.57 lakh crore, Parliament was informed on Monday. Out of the total amount, collection of net direct tax stood at Rs 2.46 lakh crore and of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Decommissioning coal power plants older than 25 years on priority could result in total savings of Rs 37,750 crore, a study by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said. Besides, an another study by CEEW suggested that power distribution...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Life
Mumbai: SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (SBI Life) on Monday reported a 43 per cent slump in its net profit to Rs 220 crore for the quarter ended in June hit by higher claim payouts due to Covid-19 pandemic. The insurer had posted a net profit of Rs 390 crore in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India’s new COVID-19 cases broke global records to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance
DUBLIN, July 26: Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson announced today that the firms have agreed to terminate their proposed $30 billion merger proposal and end litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In connection with the termination of the business...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: The momentum of climate action can be accelerated only when there is enough financial and technological support to developing nations, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Friday. Speaking virtually on the second and concluding day of the 16th...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Proposals to harmonize guidance on radioactivity in food and drinking water in non-emergency situations have reached a milestone with the development of a document based on international consensus on the topic. The draft of this document was discussed by...
