by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Voicing concern over many countries failing to vaccinate their people, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for vaccinating at least 10 per cent of the population of every country by September as he described vaccination as the best way to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Germany and Spain are among nine countries in Europe who have told India they will accept travellers inoculated with Covishield, the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Indian foreign ministry sources said on Thursday. Friction emerged between...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life
Singapore: The life insurance industry in India is projected to grow from INR5.7 trillion (US$81.4bn) in 2019 to INR8.0 trillion (US$98.5bn) in 2024, in terms of gross written premium (GWP), according to GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
In a global analysis of vegetation over more than three decades, Stanford University researchers found that photosynthesis — the process by which plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere- was primarily influenced by floods and heavy rainfall nearly as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the greatest threat to the United States' attempt to eradicate COVID-19, White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday. During a broadcast interview, the head of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: If you're a bitcoin investor, your nerves may have taken quite a pounding in 2021. The cryptocurrency's journey towards the investment and commercial mainstream has gathered pace, with major financial firms and companies embracing the emerging...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: Spending on climate finance by eight of the world's major multilateral development banks rose to $66 billion in 2020 from $61.6 billion in 2019, with the majority committed to poorer countries, a report on Wednesday said. A total $38 billion, or 58%, of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that sadly, European countries and many other developed nations are not supporting the proposal of India and South Africa in the WTO on the temporary waiver of patent norms to deal with the COVID-19...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The Delta variant, also referred to as a "double mutant" because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant (initially detected in the United Kingdom) and will rapidly become the dominant strain of coronavirus...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: As the European Union relaxes travel restrictions under its ''Green Pass'' scheme, India has asked the members of the 27-nation grouping to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines and want to...
