by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 22, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Monday said the government does not use the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to run its schemes. During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Thakur said so far Maharashtra (Rs...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India added 90,797 cases of coronavirus in two days with 46,951 new infections being recorded in a span of 24 hours, the highest so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,16,46,081, according to the Union Health Ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Boston: Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau–a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the brain during the development of Alzheimer's disease–in an animal model of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
During the early ‘90s, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan successfully raised funds to get antiretroviral drugs to those affected by the HIV epidemic. Many of the children of those patients are still alive today thanks to her work. As part of the podcast series,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Sunday urged commercial vehicle owners to convert half of their fleet to electric by 2023, saying a five per cent interest subvention scheme will be soon launched for them. The Delhi government is working on a plan...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Life expectancy among Londoners has fallen sharply as a result of Covid-19, with men living on average 2.5 years less and women 1.6 years less, making the drop worse than any since the Second World War. Experts described the data, from Public Health England...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life
NEW YORK: There is a worrying decline in the mental and physical health of recent generations as compared to their parents and grandparents when they were of the same age, a new national study reveals. The researchers showed that compared to previous...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Regulation
New Delhi: Trader's body CAIT has written to the government alleging violation of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act by sale of pharmacy through e-commerce channels, saying it is adversely affecting the business of lakhs of medicine retailers and chemists. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Sydney: Heavy rains along Australia's east coast over the weekend have brought the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said on Sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses. New South Wales Premier Gladys...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: There is an urgent need for helicopter landing facilities at ecologically sensitive zones to ensure disaster management operations in case of mishaps like the recent glacier burst in Uttarakhand, a parliamentary panel told the Ministry of Road...
