by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
MUMBAI: Plans by Big Tech to foray further into India's financial sector pose risks for traditional banks as the tech firms have the potential to become dominant players in financial services, the central bank said. The plans will also create...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination. The variant, first detected in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Thursday set a target of creating additional 2 billion carbon sequestration by 2030. While briefing the media, Javadekar said, "India has taken a target of creating...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday deputed multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur in view of the high number of COVID-19 cases being reported by these states. Teams will be supporting the states in their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
New Delhi, July 02: In a major farmer outreach, the government on Thursday launched a special drive to enrol more cultivators under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). A week-long drive, starting July 1, will cover all notified areas under the kharif...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
A recent study has found a connection between the formation of tiny particles, the size of a cloud droplet on which water vapour condenses leading to the formation of clouds and forest fires. The quantity of such particles called the cloud condensation nuclei (CCNs)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
UN News: Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals that three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Handwashing is one of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
World leaders, philanthropists and organisations have pledged at least $40 billion at an international conference in Paris to boost gender equality, as women and girls worldwide have been deeply affected by the consequences of the pandemic. UN Women's Executive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Antibiotic sales soared during the first COVID-19 wave in India last year, according to a study which suggests that the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases of the viral disease. The researchers at Washington University in the US estimated that COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai, July: US based fourth largest international re/insurance broker Gallagher is set to be the first global broker to set up a 100 per cent operation in India by buying out 70 per cent stake in its Indian joint venture, Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance...
