by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Policy
New Delhi: ICMR invites researchers to contribute to scientific knowledge related to Covid-19The ICMR has invited independent researchers from across India to contribute to the scientific knowledge related to Covid-19 by submitting their innovative research...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
The highly infectious Covid-19 variant first detected in India “threatens” to rapidly spread in the sub-region, including among refugees, the UN refugee agency has said as it warned of vaccine shortages in the Asia-Pacific region, including for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The government has brought forward the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by two years to 2023 to help reduce India's dependence on costly oil imports, according to an official notification. Last year, the government had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Health, Indian News
London: Research by scientists from the University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first COVID-19 lockdown in India led to an improvement in air quality and a reduction in land surface temperature in major...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday estimated a loss of Rs 610 crore due to the last weeks severe cyclonic storm Yaas that affected about 60 lakh people living in 11,000 villages in the coastal regions of the state. This was mentioned at the review...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security
Aftab Ahmed Aditi Shah Nupur Anand Expectations for India’s economic growth are being revised sharply lower as a surge in people losing their jobs and defaulting on debt suggest a more halting recovery from the financial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Indian News
` New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to place on record all relevant documents and file notings reflecting its thinking culminating in the COVID-19 vaccination policy, and the purchase history till date of all jabs including Covaxin, Covishield...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Israel health officials have found a probable link between Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine and dozens of cases of heart inflammation in young men following the second dose of the vaccine, the Health Ministry said late Tuesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
At least 220 million people are expected to remain unemployed globally this year, well above pre-pandemic levels, with a weak labour market recovery exacerbating existing inequalities, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. The United...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: In a bid to expedite approvals for Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines in India, the government may grant them a major concession by providing indemnity against legal proceedings. Health Ministry sources have said other countries...
