by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
BEIJING: A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world’s largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions. Capturing planet-warming emissions is becoming a critical part...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The number of healthcare workers who have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs in the country till the evening of the sixth day of the nationwide immunisation drive has reached 9,99,065 as per provisional reports, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. It...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
London: Only 56 per cent of British Indians would take a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and women fall within the significantly less likely to be open to a jab over fertility concerns, a new survey by a think tank led by Oxford University experts said on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: With the coronavirus pandemic bringing a change in consumer mindset, a majority of potential car buyers (69 per cent) in India are open to subscription-based vehicle ownership, the highest among global consumers, according to a study by Deloitte....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | International News, Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Paris: SCOR has developed an innovative biometric risk calculator to improve the underwriting process in the life insurance business Though the life insurance underwriting process is simple and straightforward for healthy customers, it can...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: Traders'' body CAIT on Thursday said the ongoing farmers'' agitation in Delhi-NCR has caused a business loss of nearly Rs 50,000 crore. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary-General Praveen Khandelwal said the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will pay $5.25 per dose for 1.5 million shots of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), a senior health ministry official said on Thursday, more than some wealthier countries are paying.The price...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
MUMBAI: Barring another wave of COVID-19 infections, the worst is over for India’s economy and policymakers may soon have more room to support a recovery, the central bank said in its January bulletin released on Thursday. “Recent shifts in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a dispute that one justice called a “close call” over a lawsuit filed by the city of Baltimore against energy companies seeking monetary damages due to the impact of global climate change. The justices...
