by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW YORK: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged businesses to lead the way to a fair and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while tackling the climate crisis, adding the world had reached “a moment of truth.”Addressing a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over 13 years ago. Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from pipeline leaks in the villages of Oruma and Goi, the Hague Court of Appeals said in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life
China’s banking and insurance regulator issued draft rules on Friday in which emphasized stronger Communist Party leadership in both state-owned and private banks and insurers to contain corporate governance risks. The draft rules urged state-owned...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's pandemic response, focused on saving lives and livelihoods, restricted the COVID-19 spread by 37 lakh cases and saved more than 1 lakh lives, as per the Economic Survey 2020-21. The pre-Budget document tabled in Parliament on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine generated strong protection against Covid-19 in a large, late-stage trial, raising hopes that it can rapidly reshape a stumbling immunisation campaign. In the more than 44,000-person study, the vaccine prevented 66...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India forecast robust economic growth of 11% for the fiscal year beginning on April 1 in its annual economic survey on Friday, on the back of the beginning of a nationwide coronavirus vaccination drive and a rebound in consumer demand. The Indian...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Hong Kong: AXA XL Insurance today announced it has appointed Sylvie Gleises as Head of Client Management, APAC & Europe. Ms. Gleises takes on the role in addition to her responsibilities as Global Head of Revenue Synergies. She will develop AXA XL’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Technology
New Delhi: The RBI has informed the Delhi High Court that operations of techfin firms such as Facebook, Google and Amazon in India's financial sector space are being regulated under the relevant laws and they have been permitted to function only after...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi:: The makers of two ayurvedic Coviid-19 remedies have said that the treatments have been found to work better than the standard medicines in a comparative trial. "A clinical trial was conducted in India to monitor the outcome of a combination...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance
NEW YORK: U.S. insurers need to brace for a potential increase in federal oversight and climate-related action as President Joe Biden prioritizes pandemic response and environmental action in his first year in office. Insurers will also have to prepare for a...
