by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Cairo: Anti-poverty organisation Oxfam said that 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year. In a report titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies," Oxfam...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Pfizer is about to seek US authorisation for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant. Research from multiple countries...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Scientists have identified a novel target for a drug that can treat the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and also help tackle a future coronavirus pandemic. The researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US noted that scientists...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
UN: The world’s running out of time to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius, a matter of life or death for climate vulnerable countries on the front line of the crisis, the UN Secretary General reiterated on Thursday. Speaking to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
UN: Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a symposium on the issue on Thursday. In a video address to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Nearly 740,000 access deaths in India annually can be attributed to abnormal hot and cold temperatures related to climate change, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. An international team, led by researchers at Monash...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
When a COVID cluster includes people who are vaccinated against the virus, we inevitably hear rumblings of complaint from people who wonder what the point is of vaccination. But when you read past the headlines, you usually see the answer: in most cases, those who...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 9, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Technology
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and Insurance (NIIT IFBI) and Axis Bank have launched a fintech professional programme to build future-ready professionals for the private sector lender. The programme offers graduates with zero to three years of experience an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 8, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has imposed a fine of over Rs 12 crore on 12 common effluent treatment (CETPs) plants operating across the capital for not meeting prescribed wastewater discharge standards repetitively. There are 24 industrial areas in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 8, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance
New Delhi: India has invited UK companies to invest in the insurance sector, while Britain offered its London market for direct listing of Indian firms. This year, India has increased the foreign direct investment ceiling from 49 per cent to 74 per cent. Earlier, the...
