by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
NEW DELHI: A major fire engulfed one of the buildings situated within the Serum Institute of India (SII)'s plant here on Thursday afternoon, officials said,. Five people died when a big fire broke out on Thursday inside the sprawling SII complex, the world’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
The future of Nord Stream 2 looks increasingly uncertain as the U.S. ramped up pressure on the project with new sanctions, and companies walked away from the controversial Russian gas link. The new sanctions come just days before work on the pipeline is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Barcelona: Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health workers were stranded, supermarkets shut, and the army was called in. At least four people died....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker vetoed a sweeping climate change bill , just days after top Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill vowed to immediately refile and pass it again if the Republican refused to sign the legislation. The bill had been approved...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims – more than double the previous estimate – with some of that money going to organized crime in Russia, China and other countries, according to a security firm hired to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: Ford Motor Co must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday, rejecting a bid by the second-largest U.S. automaker to avoid a recall. The National Highway Traffic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | International News, Life, Non-Life
HSBC Holdings Plc and Malayan Banking Bhd.’s insurance venture are among shortlisted bidders for AXA SA’s business in Singapore, which could raise about $700 million in a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The British bank and Etiqa,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
LONDON: As climate change hikes the risk of flooding in England, now being deluged by Storm Christoph, insurance firm Zurich UK has begun offering mental health counselling for clients, saying repairing flooded homes is no longer a sufficient response....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: After witnessing certain glitches in the Co-WIN software platform dedicated to monitoring real-time management of Covid-19 vaccination across the country, the Union Health Ministry is now enhancing the technology by adding a new feature of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The COVID-19 active caseload in the country has further reduced to 1,92,308 comprising 1.81 per cent of the total infections, with Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal accounting for 73 per cent of the total active cases, the Union...
