by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O on Friday settled a shareholder lawsuit that accused the Google parent of covering up lavish exit packages to executives found responsible for sexual misconduct, saying it would overhaul workplace policies and increase oversight of its diversity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW YORK : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country’s vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the COVID-19 crisis.“As the largest vaccine-producing country of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India said on Saturday it was capping the price of liquid oxygen used to treat victims of novel coronavirus and other respiratory diseases after complaints of hoarding and shortages, as total covid infections hit 5.9 million countrywide. The Indian health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Gandhinagar: Forest cover in Gujarat increased between 2006 and 2017 but the tree cover decreased, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has noted in a report. "Tree cover" comprises tree patches outside recorded forest area, exclusive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 26, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past 59 lakh on Saturday with 85,362 fresh cases being recorded in a day, while 93,420 people recuperated from the disease during the same period taking total recoveries to over 48 lakh, according to the Union Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A record 14,92,409 tests have been conducted for detection of COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, taking the total tests done so far in the country to nearly 7 crore, while the national cumulative positivity rate stands at 8.44 percent, the Union Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 25, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
BRUSSELS: United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global protest since the coronavirus crisis began.With wild weather wreaking havoc...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 25, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
GENEVA/ZURICH: The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday.“Unless we...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 25, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Intermediaries, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: The 6th edition of the global Dive In festival, which celebrates diversity and inclusion(D&I) in the Insurance industry, was held virtually from 22nd September to 24th September 2020 in over 30 countries. Dive In is a global movement in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 25, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar shares state's sustainable development efforts at UN climate roundtableBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shared his state's policy initiatives and sustainable development efforts, including climate resilient agriculture and...
