by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
NEW DELHI: India can’t prioritise eliminating greenhouse gas emissions without sufficient financing from richer nations to help offset the high cost of transitioning to clean energy, according to a senior government official. In laying out its position...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
The Karnataka Health Department has instructed officials to intensify vector control measures in the state, in view of reporting of Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) in the neighboring Kerala. The districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chamarajanagara, bordering Kerala,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to space, a symbolic milestone for a venture he...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Lucknow: At least 38 people were killed in eleven districts of Uttar Pradesh, after being struck by lightning, thunder and rain. According to reports, the deaths occured on Sunday evening. Fourteen people died in Prayagraj, five in Kanpur Dehat, three each in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday unveiled a policy aimed at stabilising the population in Uttar Pradesh and reducing maternal and infant deaths in a time-bound manner as he termed rising population a "hurdle in development". The Uttar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
MILAN: Eight of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies on Sunday launched an alliance to help speed up a transition to a net zero emissions economy. The eight founding members of the NZIA are AXA (NZIA Chair), Allianz, Aviva,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc’s online store was grappling with widespread outages on Sunday night, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector, the second broad disruption to services since late June. Its online store showed error messages on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
Throughout the pandemic, one crucial question has perplexed scientists worldwide: Why do some people become so sick from Covid-19 while others show no symptoms at all? Now, a peek deep into the human genome by a global initiative with more than 3,000 researchers from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: Around 390 beneficiaries have applied under the Delhi government's scheme to provide financial assistance to families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Sunday. Of these, 220 applications are for a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: IT and communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the new information technology rules are empowering and protecting users. He added that the new IT rules will ensure a safer and more responsible social media ecosystem in India....
