by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: The ICMR will start national-level sero surveys to assess the spread of COVID-19 and all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pension & Social Security
The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide — first increase in two decades — with millions more at risk due to COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UNICEF. The report —...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Facts, Health, Non-Life
Thiruvananthapuram, A sassy dog or mellow cat, which is more dangerous? With its shrill bark and suspicious stare, the comparatively tough looking canines would be the natural choice of a majority of people over the cute little cats if anyone poses such a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The daily COVID-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day with the country reporting 91,702 fresh cases, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 4.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has constituted a three-member committee to evaluate the risk associated with the expansion of oil refinery of Nayara Energy Ltd, owned by Russian giant Rosneft, in Gujarat and suggest remedial measures. A bench headed by NGT...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Voicing his concerns over rising road accidents, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said India accounts for nearly 11 per cent of the total road accidents in the world and it is no less than a silent pandemic. Addressing the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Kampala [Uganda], Uganda on Thursday scrapped the controversial social media tax in the 2021/2022 financial year budget. Amos Lugoloobi, designate minister of state for finance in charge of planning, while reading the country's fiscal budget, repealed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
The Canadian federal police force broke the law when they used facial recognition software, the country's top privacy regulator found in a report released on Thursday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in February 2020 that for four months they had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
Tokyo: For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash – until sales staff from payments app PayPay swept through the low-lying district, persuading the store to give their product a try. With customers clamouring to use the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: May received the second highest rainfall in 121 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly report Thursday, attributing two back-to-back cyclones and western disturbances for the record precipitation. It also said that at...
