by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that till May 9, around 12,000 children have got infected with COVID-19 in the city. BMC's advocate, senior counsel Anil Sakhre told a bench of Justices Amjad Sayyad...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India on Thursday scrapped local trials for "well-established" foreign coronavirus vaccines to fast-track imports as it battles a devastating second wave of the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands of people. India recorded its highest...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Noting continuous violation of environment norms in construction projects, the NGT has directed the government to consider circulating standard operating procedure (SOP) to all State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) for such...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has triggered revision of growth projections for the current financial year with consensus gravitating towards its earlier forecast of 10.5 per cent. The central bank, in...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Geneva: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned of potential airport chaos unless governments move quickly to adopt digital processes to manage travel health credentials (COVID-19 testing and vaccine certificates) and other measures....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said there was a 40% chance of the watershed global warming mark being met during the time frame, and these odds are increasing with time. The 1.5°C marks were established as the desirable target for all the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Canberra: An Australian court ruled on Thursday that the country's environment minister has an obligation to children to consider the harm caused by climate change as part of her decision-making in approving the expansion of a new coal mine. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Life
Real estate portal Magicbricks on Wednesday released its survey report on home loans, suggesting that a repayment period of up to 10 years is most preferred among consumers. The sample size of the survey is 500, it said.''The period of up to 10 years is the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India''s COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 2,73,69,093 as 2,11,298 more people tested positive for the disease in a day, while the country''s recovery went up to 90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Investors rejected the responses of US oil giants to climate change Wednesday, installing activist board members at ExxonMobil and directing Chevron to deepen emissions cuts. The dual decisions at the two biggest US oil giants' annual meetings are clear...
