by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life
Four drugmakers helped cause the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing their drugs and downplaying their addictive risks, a lawyer for several California counties argued on Monday at the start of a multibillion-dollar trial. Those counties accuse...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Washington: As the US President prepares to host leaders of 40 countries, including India, for a virtual summit on climate change later this week, Indian-American CEO of a top US firm believes that New Delhi has an opportunity to lead the world on climate change....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
United Nations: Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall in May last year near the India-Bangladesh border, was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the North Indian Ocean, with reported economic losses in India of approximately USD 14 billion, a flagship UN...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt. "We are working around the clock at 100% capacity to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's daily COVID-19 cases retreated from record levels on Tuesday, but stayed above the 200,000 marks for a sixth straight day, with cases increasing by 259,170 over the last 24 hours. Deaths from COVID-19 rose by a record 1,761 to reach a total of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Centre is working with state governments to save lives and livelihoods. She said this during an interaction with industry chambers on concerns of India Inc with respect to the second wave...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
UN: 2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, a United Nations report said on Monday, prompting the U.N. Secretary-General to say the world stands "on the verge of the abyss". In a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
Alarge number of Indian adults have experienced cybercrime, including identity theft, in the past 12 months, a report by cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock said on Monday. The sixth annual Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report said 59 per cent of Indian adults have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts, Technology
For people speculating different reasons behind Apple's decision to remove chargers from last year launched iPhone, iWatch packaging, the company has got an answer for you, and it is for the positive impact on the environment. Despite criticism en-masse...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2021 | Indian News, Life
Mumbai: Despite reporting a good set of overall numbers, an accelerated provisioning of Rs 200 crore for the pandemic has crimped net profit of ICICI Prudential Life by 64.2 per cent to Rs 64 crore in the January-March quarter. However, a Rs 7,400 crore of...
