by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay opened the UNESCO Forum on Biodiversity by pointing out that one year after its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed what we had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
One-degree Celsius rise in annual temperatures may lead to two per cent drop in productivity levels of industrial units and climate change may hurt the Indian manufacturing sector owing to heat stress on workers, a new study has said. The study by the Energy Policy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Deadly heatwaves in South Asia are likely to become more common in the future, with the region's exposure to lethal heat stress potentially nearly tripling if global warming isn't curbed, researchers said. But the threat could be halved if the world...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Twenty-two AIIMS are in different phases of development across the country, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in 2003, there was only one All India...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Gujarat are reporting a surge in daily coronavirus cases, accounting for 80.63 percent of the new COVID-19 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. The three states of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
After spending two decades building a business empire centered around coal, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now looking beyond the fossil fuel to cement his group’s future. His ambitious plans are getting a boost from Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Paris: AXA XL has appointed Jennifer Schipf as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Fine Art & Specie (FAS). In this new global role, she will be leading the company’s regional FAS teams to further strengthen underwriting capabilities across established and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's revival of economic activity is expected to be "unabated", despite a rise in coronavirus infections in many areas and 2022 growth projections might not need to be cut, the central bank chief on Thursday. Though the surge is a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: In one of the biggest aerial surveys, over 500 high resolution drones would be deployed soon to map nearly 6 lakh villages in the country to validate the residential properties of more than 83 crore Indians. The survey, once completed, would enable a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Insurance Europe has published its position on the review of the Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS2) Directive. The directive’s minimum harmonisation principle has resulted in a fragmented landscape for Europe’s insurers. In practice, this...
