by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News
Geneva: The current pace of action is insufficient to meet the Paris targets, according to a report, which estimates that mitigation efforts need to be tripled to limit global warming to the 2 degrees Celsius target. The 2018 Emissions Gap Report...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2018 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Overseas investors have pumped Rs 122.6 billion into the Indian capital markets in November, making it the highest inflow in 10 months due to falling crude oil prices and sharp rupee appreciation. The inflow comes following a net withdrawal of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2018 | Health, Indian News
Ahmedabad: There were as many as 900,000 "preventable" unplanned Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries out of 7 million in private hospitals in India in one year, driven mainly by "financial incentives," says a study by Indian Institute...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer. A research team of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have come up with new data "confirming" that the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2018 | Indian News, Life
New Delhi: State owned Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) has generated a total valuation surplus of Rs. 48,444.82 crore, during the FY 2017-18, registering a growth of 10.1 per cent over the previous year. After distributing 95 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2018 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
Chicago: Boeing is weighing plans to launch a software upgrade for its 737 MAX in six to eight weeks that would help address a scenario faced by the Lion Air crew during last month's deadly crash in Indonesia, two people briefed on the matter said on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2018 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
NEW DELHI: Despite concerns over a "difficult jobs market", 70 per cent of people in India are confident of finding better opportunities next year, according to a LinkedIn survey on Wednesday. Nearly two out of three Indians (62 per cent)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2018 | Health, International News
Beijing: China's science ministry has ordered that people involved in the controversial baby gene-editing experiment halt their activities, a government official told state media Thursday. The ministry "firmly opposes the baby gene-editing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Health, International News, Risk Management
Paris: More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were exposed to potentially life-threatening heatwaves last year, scientists said Thursday, warning that climate change posed an unprecedented global health risk. In a worldwide stock-take of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 29, 2018 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
New Delhi: Ernst & Young(E&Y) has beaten two other prominenet consultants, Boston Consulting Group(BCG), and Oliver Wyman, a part of the Marsh & Mclenan Group, to bag the deal for preparing detailed strategies facilitating the proposed merger of...
