by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
KATHMANDU/BANGKOK/NEW DELHI: Drastic cuts in the availability and use of essential public health services across South Asia due to COVID-19 may have contributed to an estimated 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, according to a new United Nations report....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Risk Management
in its new ESG report, AIA, the biggest life insurer in Asia, has committed to fully divest from coal. In its new 2020 ESG report, AIA has said it will divest and/or run off their entire directly managed equity and fixed income exposure to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India said on Wednesday its coronavirus immunisation campaign would continue with "full rigour" despite some concerns in Europe about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine it relies heavily upon as infections hit a three month high. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country and called for "quick and decisive" steps to check the "emerging second peak". In a virtual interaction with state...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
Vaccine nationalism in countries including the U.S. and India is likely to derail efforts by the World Health Organization to deliver 2 billion doses to poorer and middle-income nations by the end of the year, according to the head of the world’s biggest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a goal to zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an ambitious target that would require overhauling its coal-dependent economy. Officials close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Airlines with planes idled by the pandemic are cutting costs by delaying some maintenance tasks like changing life vests, testing oxygen bottles and checking emergency exits under COVID-19 waivers from airplane manufacturers and regulators. The move allows...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: The subscribers under the flagship NPS and APY pension schemes grew by nearly 22 per cent to 4.15 crore at February-end 2021, government data showed on Wednesday. ''The number of subscribers in various schemes rose to 414.70 lakh by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Reinsurance
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday urged the rejection of shareholder proposals that annual reports be produced about its efforts to address climate change and promote diversity and inclusion.The proposals were disclosed in Berkshire’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded its highest daily tally of coronavirus cases this year with 28,903 new infections, taking the total COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188...
