by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology, Trends, Facts
RAIPUR JATTAN, India/SINGAPORE For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had – every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of farmhands to plant paddy seedlings But a scarcity of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
SINGAPORE: The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years, unless companies and governments can drastically reduce plastic production, a new study published on Thursday said.Single-use plastic consumption...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Intermediaries, Pandemic, Technology
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc on Thursday reported its highest-ever yearly growth of daily users who can view ads, beating analysts’ estimates on usage and sending its shares up 4%.Twitter’s average monetizable daily active users (mDAU) increased 34% year...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
CHICAGO: Two of Boeing Co’s biggest commercial airline customers said on Thursday they are still committed to the 737 MAX despite delays in its return to flight and the coronavirus pandemic, though the head of Southwest Airlines said contracts need to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Pension & Social Security, Policy
SANTIAGO: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Thursday bowed to intense public pressure and agreed to sign into law a controversial bill allowing citizens to draw down 10% of their pensions early amid the coronavirus pandemic.Pinera`s centre-right government...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Munich: The naturally occurring climate cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) will likely be an influential factor in the North Atlantic hurricane activity in the second half of the year, said Munich Re. In the main months of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The anecdotes are alarming. A woman in Los Angeles seemed to recover from COVID-19 but weeks later took a turn for the worse and tested positive again. A New Jersey doctor claimed several patients healed from one bout only to become reinfected with the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Hyderabad: The insurance regulator IRDAI has issued detailed guidelines with a view to bringing more clarity on certain issues relating to transfer of shares of re/insurance companies by promoters/shareholders, The provisions relating to transfer of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.Modern nursing homes may be safer during pandemic Older nursing homes and those...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
ZURICH: Siemens is rolling out its Comfy mobile phone app to hundreds of its offices around the world to help staff safely return to the office after the coronavirus shutdown. More than 100,000 staff in 30 countries will get access to the app, which gives data on...
