by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security, Policy
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the re-commitment by the G20 group of nations to a coherent and human-centred approach to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis that leads to greater social justice and decent work for all. The G20 Labour and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Caregiving is never easy. And when it's a pandemic and caregivers themselves are either unwell or at risk of contracting the infection, the stress and strain is not just compounded but also complicated in many different ways. As the devastating second wave of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
ISMAILIA, Egypt: The owners and insurers of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March have reached agreement in principle in a compensation dispute with the canal authority, their representative and the canal's chairman said on Wednesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
MELBOURNE, June 24: Adani Enterprises' Bravus Mining said on Thursday it had broken ground on its new thermal coal mine in northern Australia, as banks and insurers pull out of financing new such projects to curb global carbon emissions. The International Energy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
A single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine offers around 60 per cent protection against infection from SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, in adults aged 65 years and above, according to a new study published in the The Lancet Infectious....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings on Thursday cut India's growth forecast for the current fiscal to 9.5 per cent, from 11 per cent earlier, and warned of risk to the outlook from further waves of COVID pandemic. The agency lowered the growth outlook saying that a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: India's largest air cargo carrier SpiceXpress and Delhivery have signed a memorandum of understanding with supply chain services provider Delhivery to build drone delivery capability in the country. While Delhivery has disrupted the Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers. Amazon CEO Bezos, a lifelong space enthusiast, has been vying with Elon...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a dominant lineage if current trends continue, the WHO has warned after it was reported in 85 countries and continues to be detected in more places around the world. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: Union Minister for Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Gangwar has said that India is making collective efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation. The country is ensuring education, training, skilling, entrepreneurship development...
