by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 22, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar on Monday urged the industry to make the pricing of financial products and services transparent to minimise chances of mis-selling. Speaking at an event organised by think-tank National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The U.N. representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire while transporting chemicals off the capital Colombo has caused “a significant damage to the planet” by releasing hazardous substances into the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumabi: Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani on Monday said there is no option for businesses but to go green and every unit of Reliance Industries would have to pivot as the conglomerate moves towards net-zero. "We have no option as a society, as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
UN: According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021, total foreign direct investment also dropped by more than a third globally, to $1 trillion (from $1.5 trillion in 2019), threatening progress on sustainable development. This level was last seen in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Food company Britannia Industries Ltd on Monday said it will offer insurance coverage to over 10,000 people, encompassing sales personnel and merchandisers employed with its distributors across the country. The company is offering a term insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: India's government is in talks with Pfizer and other vaccine manufacturers for the import of their Covid-19 vaccines in accordance with local laws, a senior government official said on Monday. "We have to find the middle ground," government...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the coronavirus situation in some Russian regions was getting worse as authorities began promoting the idea of regular revaccinations to try to halt a surge in new cases. Putin this month spoke of how Russia had handled...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Facts, Health, Technology
Giving the mantra of 'Yoga se sahyog tak', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the launch of the M-Yoga app for yoga training videos that will be available worldwide in different languages and said that the application will play a 'great...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Countries in the oil-exporting Gulf will remain heavily dependent on hydrocarbon production for at least the next ten years as efforts to diversify economies have made limited progress since the 2014-2015 oil price shock, Moody's said. Reliance on the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study. Researchers at the University...
