by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Astrazeneca gets nod to use ant-diabetes drug for kidney disease in IndiaDrug firm AstraZeneca India on Monday said it has received marketing authorisation to use its anti-diabetic drug dapagliflozin for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
New Delhi: Union government has allocated ₹16,000 crores for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the fiscal year 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops and to ensure that maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches farmers. "This is a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the government's latest disinvestment policy including the proposal to privatise two state-run banks is not akin to "selling the family silver" as alleged by the opposition. Speaking...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Chamoli (Uttarakhand): Tapovan Hydro-Electric Power Dam, also known as Rishi Ganga Project was completely washed off following a glacier burst in the Chamoli district, said the Indian Air Force's initial report as Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) deployed at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: As the Budget 2021 comes up with major thrust on privatisation of public sector enterprises, Disinvestment Secretary, Tuhin Kanta Pandey has said that the government's new disinvestment policy is aimed at economic growth and employment creation,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: As a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to massive floods, a study published in 2019 had warned that Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Indian economy is witnessing a V-shaped recovery after challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said on Saturday. Interacting with the media here, Thakur said India and other countries faced economic slowdown due to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Beijing:: Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak. Peter Daszak, a New York-based zoologist...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is recalling 36,275 cartons of a drug used to treat low testosterone levels in the US market for incorrect labelling. The US arm of the domestic pharma major is recalling Testosterone Cypionate Injection in the American...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 7, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Risk Management
LONDON: About 1,500 of the initial volunteers in a late-stage clinical trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine were given the wrong dose, but weren't informed that a mistake had been made after the blunder was discovered, documents obtained by...
