by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
The Israeli health ministry reimposed a requirement on Friday for masks to be worn in enclosed public places following a surge in Covid cases since it was dropped 10 days ago. The spike in new infections is a blow for a country which has prided itself on one of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: India's richest state on Friday ordered malls and cinema halls to close as it scrambles to control a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that has scuppered plans to ease lockdown measures. At least 20 cases in Maharashtra state have been...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday prescribed educational qualifications and 'fit and proper' criteria for managing directors (MDs) and whole-time directors (WTDs) of primary urban cooperative banks and barred MPs and MLAs from these posts. Issuing the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday informed that 776 doctors lost their lives in the second wave of COVID. According to the IMA COVID registry – state-wise Doctors martyrs list, Bihar saw the maximum number of 115 deaths, followed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India's airline fleet is expected to contract by 15 to 20 aircraft to less than 700 in the current fiscal year through March 2022, as carriers retire more planes than they induct due to weak passenger demand, consultant CAPA said. Indian airlines are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
UN: The global climate crisis is “exacerbating and intensifying” water-related disasters, jeopardizing lives and livelihoods, the UN chief said on Friday at a major sustainable development symposium. “For decades, natural disasters, [which]...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Officials in New Delhi rejoiced earlier this week when India hit a single-day record by administering more than 8 million Covid-19 vaccinations. But even this unprecedented pace may not be fast enough for a country just emerging from a devastating second wave...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Power Minister R K Singh has said that as much as USD 70 billion (about Rs 5.2 lakh crore) has been invested in renewable energy across the country in the past seven years. This assumes significance in view of India's ambitious target of having...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
A plan by India to build digital databases of farmers to boost their incomes has raised concerns about privacy and the exclusion of poor farmers and those without land titles. Tech firm Microsoft will run a pilot for the agriculture ministry's AgriStack in 100...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Turkmenistan’s capital city Ashgabat has become the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers,pushing Hong Kong to second place , according to this year’s Mercer Cost of Living Survey. The annual report has ranked 209 cities across five...
