by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Coast Guard have been put on high alert and fishermen asked not to venture into the sea as cyclone 'Fani' is expected to intensify into a very severe storm by Tuesday, the Home...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Promises to fight the world’s most toxic air have made it to the manifestos of major political parties for the first time in Indian elections. Major political parties such as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the opposition Indian National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Technology
A wave of satellites set to orbit the Earth will be able to pinpoint producers of greenhouse gases, right down to an individual leak at an oil rig. More than a dozen governments and companies have or are planning to launch satellites that measure concentrations...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Health, Technology
WHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services. “Harnessing the power of digital...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Technology
Auto insurance revenues grew 6.2% industry-wide last year, topping off at a healthy $245 billion thanks to a combination of strong premium growth and increased auto sales volume. Even more impressive,54% of those gains – $7.8 billion in direct...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2019 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy practices, as the social-media company moves to put the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal behind it. Facebook earlier said that it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 28, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts
Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft U.N. report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. The accelerating loss of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 28, 2019 | Health, International News
Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential carcinogens, the first claims in what some lawyers expect to be a wave of litigation. Millions of Americans have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 28, 2019 | International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual customers. The subsidiary, Wing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 28, 2019 | Health, International News
Geneva: WHO has welcomed the Government of Malawi’s launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark pilot programme. The country is the first of three in Africa in which the vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be made available to...
