by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
PARIS: The global economy could shed more than 1% of output if international talks to rewrite cross-border tax rules break down and trigger a trade war, the OECD said on Monday, after countries agreed to keep up negotiating to mid-2021. Nearly 140 countries agreed on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported daily across the country dropped below 60,000, even as the caseload surged to 71,75,880 and the total recoveries crossed?62 lakh, the Union Health Ministry data stated on Tuesday The total cases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
Age may not contribute to COVID-19 infection risk: StudyNew Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The age of a person may not decide how likely they are infected by SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, according to a study which found that development of symptoms, severity of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | International News, Risk Management
WASHINGTON: Active enforcement against foreign bribery has dropped sharply since 2018, and three places – China, Hong Kong and India – did not open a single foreign bribery investigation from 2016 to 2019, a new report by watchdog Transparency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
LONDON: Thirty of the world’s largest investors managing a combined $5 trillion (3.8 trillion pounds) said on Tuesday they plan to set targets to lower their portfolio carbon emissions by as much as 29% over the next five years.All members of the Net-Zero Asset...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s top producers have filed a lawsuit against two television news channels for painting the film industry as a den of drugs and crime following the death of a young movie star, they said.Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged development banks to stop backing fossil fuel projects, raising the pressure on the state-backed lenders ahead of a climate change summit France is hosting next month. Environmental campaigners...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
PARIS: Solar output is expected to lead a surge in renewable power supply in the next decade, the International Energy Agency said, with renewables seen accounting for 80% of growth in global electricity generation under current conditions.In its annual...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
SYDNEY: Asia-Pacific countries including Singapore, Australia, Japan and Thailand are gradually easing some international travel restrictions as coronavirus cases slow, in hopes of helping to revive their economies.International travel in Asia has collapsed during the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 12, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N said on Monday it had temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the global pandemic. The participant's...
