by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN has called for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The pandemic slowed for the fifth week in a row around the world, especially in Europe and Asia, including in India, which nevertheless continued to bear the brunt. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. 15 percent drop The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: UK approves Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine for use in 12- to 15-year-oldsBritain's medicines regulator said on Friday it had approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on 12- to 15-year-olds, following similar clearances in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Tokyo: The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low last year, the health ministry said on Friday, as more couples put off marriage and starting a family amid a global pandemic. The number of births fell to 840,832 in 2020, down 2.8% from a year earlier and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
New Delhi: As many as 39 lakh people in India were displaced in 2020 due to climate disasters and conflicts, making it the fourth worst-hit country in the world to have such a high number of internal displacements, a new report said on Friday. The top three...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
CAIRO: The speed of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March was controlled by the Egyptian waterway's operator before it ran aground, the vessel’s insurer said on Thursday. The statement from UK Club came after the head of the Suez Canal...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games cannot happen if no athletes can make it to Japan for the event, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said at a news briefing held on Friday. She said that the decision on whether to host the Games...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: India is leading the world in the fields of sustainable development and clean energy while it aspires to become self-reliant in every direction including agriculture to astronomy, disaster management to defence technology and vaccine to virtual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant first identified in India compared to the original strain, according to research published in The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The coronavirus variant first identified in India is highly infectious and can be caught by people who have already had the disease or been only partially vaccinated, a panel of Indian government scientists said in a report published on Friday. Dubbed the...
