by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Electric two-wheeler maker Okinawa Autotech plans to invest Rs 150 crore in setting up a new manufacturing unit in Rajasthan, and roll out fresh products as it sets a target of selling 1 lakh units in the next fiscal year, according to a top company official....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
A plan to monitor women's expressions with facial recognition technology to prevent street harassment in a north Indian city, will lead to intrusive policing and privacy violations, digital rights experts warned on Friday. In Lucknow, about 500 kilometres...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload has gone up to 1,06,54,533 with 14,849 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,03,16,786, according to the health ministry. The death toll due to the viral...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
A so-called configuration change at the back-end forced some Facebook users to log out of their accounts unexpectedly, according to the social network. The problem started on Friday and went on till Saturday for Facebook users, before it got resolved. "On January...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Boeing Co said on Friday it will begin delivering commercial airplanes capable of flying on 100 percent biofuel by the end of the decade, calling reducing environmental damage from fossil fuels the "challenge of our lifetime." Boeing's goal – which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Tokyo: Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it off, many believe the vaccination of its 127 million citizens for the coronavirus is key. It's an immense undertaking in the best of circumstances and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: A new survey has found that about 42 percent adolescent girls are allowed access to a mobile phone for less than an hour in a day with most parents feeling that they are ''unsafe'' and an ''unhealthy distraction'' for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Nearly 14 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country, including 3,47,058 in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday. The six days that it took India to administer more than one million doses of vaccines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has roped in top technical institutions to set up a decision support system (DSS) which will use artificial intelligence to help improve the air quality in Delhi and NCR. Sources from the Union Environment Ministry said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Regulation, Reinsurance
LONDON: Insurers face enforcement action if they don’t pay up as soon as possible on business insurance claims following a landmark court ruling, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday.The Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that many...
