by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Salvage teams on Monday set free a colossal container ship that has halted global trade through the Suez Canal, a canal services firm said, bringing an end to a crisis that for nearly a week clogged one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries.Helped by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Amidst plans to privatise one of the PSU general insurance companies,the ministry of finance(MoF) has shortlisted 10 senior general managers for selecting CMDs of two companies-National Insurance Company (NIC)and United India Insurance (UII)....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
BEIJING: A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Delays in freeing a mammoth container ship stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal have highlighted still more pressure points in global trade, a year after supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic. Tugboats and salvage crews took advantage of high tides early...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Technology
The massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials said Monday, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear. But its owner said that while the giant ship "has turned",...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: With a total of 68,020 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, India has reported on Monday its worst single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since October, taking the tally to more than 12 million for the first time ever. It was the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Life
Tyler Cowen How worried should we be about global depopulation? Some East Asian countries have fertility rates near or even below 1.0, while much of the core population of Europe is shrinking. In the U.S., fertility rates have fallen below replacement rates,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising hopes the busy waterway will soon be reopened. The 400-meter (430-yard) long Ever Given was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Jal Shakti Ministry has approved Rs 465 crore as performance incentive grant to Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a statement said on Saturday. It said Gujarat...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 28, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Banks will conduct special clearing operations for the annual closure of government accounts on March 31, which is the last day of the current fiscal year, the RBI has said. The Reserve Bank has issued directions to the banks for smooth clearing...
