by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday came out with a Master Direction for banks and card-issuing entities laying down common minimum standards to ensure security of digital payments. The Master Direction lays down guidelines for internet banking, mobile payments, card...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
LAGOS: A federal court in Lagos has issued an injunction barring Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiares from withdrawing money at 20 local banks until it ringfences potential damages in a lawsuit brought against the oil major by Aiteo Eastern E&P.Aiteo is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
The world's big emitting countries, including China, India, Russia and Japan need to “really step up” and begin to lower greenhouse gas emissions, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said as he called on all nations to raise their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an ''upsurge'' in daily new cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said in the last seven days,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday sealed a total of 1305 buildings after 2749 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Mumbai. "A total of 1305 buildings sealed in Mumbai after 2749 COVID-19 cases reported. 71,838 households residing in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: In a bid to encourage the use of electric vehicles rather than those running on petrol and diesel, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he will make electric vehicles mandatory for officials of his department. His...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country. Scientists from CSIR-CCMB, in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: The number of subscribers under government-run pension schemes NPS and APY rose nearly 22 per cent to 4.05 crore at January-end this year, according to data from PFRDA. There were over 3.33 crore subscribers under both the schemes by the year-ago same...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Thursday it was suing Slovakia for years-long breaches of legal limits on air pollution and started legal action against Germany and Slovenia for falling short on nature conservation and water treatment.Air pollution in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
PARIS: Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after side-effects led hospital staff and other front-line workers to call in sick, putting extra strain on already-stretched services.Such...
