by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Beijing: Today, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) launched a new framework to help the investor community better assess how the Bank is living up to its sustainability commitments. The Sustainable Development Bond Framework clearly outlines how...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to forthwith provide oxygen by whatever means to the hospitals in the national capital which are treating serious COVID-19 patients and are facing scarcity of oxygen. “Why is the Centre not waking...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
France will impose a 10-day quarantine for travellers arriving from India in the coming days to prevent the spread of a worrying Covid-19 variant that is hammering Indian hospitals, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Wednesday. The move comes a few days after...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Mumbai: At least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank, the health minister said, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies of the crucial gas. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
London: The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, as part of an attempt to set global standards for a technology seen as crucial to future economic growth. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the safety of semi-autonomous vehicles and the nebulous U.S. regulatory terrain they navigate. Police in Harris County, Texas, said a Tesla Model S smashed into a tree on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: After spending hours fruitlessly calling government helplines in a search for a hospital bed for a critically ill COVID-19 patient, Indian lawyer Jeevika Shiv posted an SOS request on Twitter. "Serious #covid19 patient in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Beijing: China could see its number of births slide below 10 million annually in the next five years if the government does not quickly abolish its policy of limiting families to two children, an expert was quoted in domestic media as saying. China's total...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi: Indigenously-developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, made by Bharat Biotech, neutralises multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Covishield, from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable, comprises over 90 per cent of the 12.76 crore COVID-19 vaccines administered across the country so far, according to government data on Wednesday. Of this, 15 states and union territories have only...
