by AIP Online Bureau | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: The government should focus on converting around 30 crore vehicles currently running on petrol and diesel to clean fuels in a bid to improve the air quality, said Indian Auto LPG Coalition, apex body of Auto LPG stakeholders. In a statement, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: With 1,73,790 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India on Saturday reported the lowest single-day Covid-19 rise in 45 days, maintaining the ongoing declining trend, according to the Union health ministry. In the last 24 hours, at...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
SYDNEY: Australia is considering capping fees for litigation funders and lawyers, and guaranteeing a minimum rate of return for plaintiffs, in its latest clamp down on the industry following a surge in costly class action lawsuits. Australia's government...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
The container ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal in March was struggling to steer because of its high speed and the size of its rudder, and could have chosen not to enter the waterway in bad weather, the canal authority’s head told Reuters. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put. That decision would prove fatal when Tauktae, a storm with the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Patna: A total of seven persons were killed due to cyclone Yaas in Bihar, even as moderate to heavy rainfall was received in most parts of the state on Friday because of a low pressure area that has been formed across the state in the wake of the cyclonic...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Ranchi: Cyclone Yaas that caused a havoc in Jharkhand with tornadoes, torrential rains and swelling rivers damaged crops on 75 hectares of area and left about 1,500 houses, mostly raw, damaged besides injuries to 18 people, officials said Friday. While about...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: The lockdown-like-restrictions in Maharashtra on account of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended by 15 days but a fresh set of guidelines will be issued on June 1, health minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday. The state cabinet had taken the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Airlines can operate only 50 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic flights from June 1 instead of 80 per cent permitted currently, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Friday. The decision has been taken "in view of the sudden surge in the number of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asked the Women and Child Development Department to frame a policy to provide assistance to the children orphaned due to COVID-19. As many as 2,290 children in the state have lost either one or both parents...
