by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With 28,498 fresh cases recorded in a day, India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past nine lakh on Tuesday, just three days after it crossed the eight-lakh mark, according to the Union health ministry data. The total coronavirus caseload in the country...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 14, 2020 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
SINGAPORE: Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced the appointment of Fabien Conderanne as Regional Head, Financial Solutions for Asia Pacific. effective 1 July, Fabien takes over from Stuart Ashworth, who...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
LONDON: The rating agency S&P Global cut its emerging market growth forecasts on Monday, predicting a 4.7% slump on average this year due to the coronavirus, and warned that all countries would be left with permanent scars. The firm said the downward GDP revisions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The Railways has set a target of going completely green by becoming a 'net zero' carbon emitter by 2030 through various initiatives, including electrification of broad gauge, improving energy efficiency and switching to renewable sources, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Patients who recover from the novel coronavirus may have an antibody response that makes them immune to the deadly virus only for a few months, a new study in the UK has found. A paper titled Longitudinal evaluation and decline of antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic
Wildfires threaten the economy of the western United States to a greater extent than the rest of the country, and the coronavirus pandemic and climate change will only make that worse, according to research from the San Francisco Fed on Monday. Some 52% of economic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
Rome: The United Nations says the ranks of the world's hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year. The grim assessment was contained in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA/ZURICH: The new coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday. “Let me be blunt, too many countries are headed in the wrong...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
ADDIS ABABA: Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gravediggers to alert his team to any sudden spikes in burials. In a nation where fewer than 2%...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
NEW DELHI: Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said it will spend around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and tie-ups, marking its biggest commitment to a growth market. “This is a reflection of our...
