by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
Jaypur: Over 1.2 lakh people have benefitted from free treatment in the first three months of the Rajasthan government's MukhyaMantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna. As per a statement, over 1.3 crore families have been registered in the cashless facility scheme...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Industry chamber CII on Sunday called for relaunch of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme with mandatory life insurance for all borrowers to ensure that the intent of providing 'Housing for All' does not take a hit due to death or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
After waiting for more than seven years, John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has finally received the patents for inventing biodiesel from slaughtered chicken waste that offers a mileage of over 38 km a liter at around 40 percent of the current price of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Indian News
New Delhi: With global electric vehicles (EVs) sales expected to boom in the next 12 months, nearly 90 per cent of consumers in India are willing to pay a premium for buying an EV, according to a survey by consultancy firm EY. The EY Mobility Consumer Index (MCI), a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, has decided to provide a loan of USD 250 million (about Rs 1,875 crore) to promote affordable green housing finance for low-income borrowers. Low and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri emerged as the highest-grossing banker among the top three private-sector lenders in his retirement year with total emoluments of Rs 13.82 crore. His successor Sashidhar Jagdishan, who took over as the chief executive and managing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Ahmedabad: For the first time, five cases of the `Kappa' variant of coronavirus have been detected in Gujarat, the state health department said on Saturday. Three cases were found in Jamnagar, two in Godhra in Pahchmahal district and one in Mehsana, it said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Facts, Health
Doctors at a private facility recently operated on a 30-year-old woman with two uteruses, a rare condition which caused her acute pain, especially during a menstrual cycle. This condition is so rare that till February this year, only 60 such cases were reported...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: After the release of the fourth round of the National Sero Survey results, health experts believe that larger population surveys are required for a deeper understanding of COVID-19 and its antibody response. The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life
New Delhi: Experts have raised an alarm over the increasing incidence of hypertension, calling it a silent killer that can add to the burden of disease in a country ravaged by the Covid pandemic. Hypertension or high blood pressure is a serious medical condition that...
