by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
BRUSSELS: The European Commission launched a review of EU rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Thursday, opening the door to a possible loosening of restrictions for plants resulting from gene-editing technology. Prompted by a 2018 ruling from the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
London: Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big firms to behave with impunity, a lawyer told the Supreme Court on Thursday. Hugh Tomlinson, a lawyer for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent at the foot of Mount Fuji. The group prayed — as is customary when embarking on new builds in Japan — for the smooth completion of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The granting of intellectual property waivers is not the right way to increase output of COVID-19 vaccines, the founder of German vaccine maker BioNTech (22UAy.DE) said on Wednesday, advocating instead the award of production licences. Such waivers are among the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
The world’s banks, asset managers and insurers should provide more information to investors about the greenhouse gas emissions from the activities they finance, a group that tracks emissions data said on Wednesday. CDP, which maintains a system used by...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy
The dual impacts of the pandemic and Myanmar's political crisis triggered by a military coup could result in nearly half the population, or as many as 25 million people, dropping into poverty by 2022, the United Nations Development Programme warns. In a report...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Some painkillers like Ibuprofen are found to worsen Covid-19, known to be harmful to heart failure patients and may increase risk of kidney damage, the ICMR said as it advised against taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recommended taking...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed mine. Community groups worried about pollution and climate change have...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
Berlin: The German government on Friday announced that it will swiftly adjust its law aiming to curb climate change, after the country's top court ruled that existing legislation places an unfair burden on younger generations. Germany's Constitutional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the...
