by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 27, 2018 | International News
Medellin: Worsening land degradation caused by human activity is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species to extinction and intensifying climate change, the world's first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of land...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2018 | Health, Indian News
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended that a "minimum compulsory period" of working within the country be fixed for doctors, asserting that a large number of medics studying in government medical colleges on taxpayers money leave the country at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2018 | Articles, Trends, Facts
Scientists will publish the first-ever analysis Monday of the global state of land and its ability to sustain a fast-growing human population that relies on it for 95 percent of all food. The diagnosis is likely to be dire, providing a comprehensive overview of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Indian News, Regulation
Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi is considering to reduce the additional expenses charged by mutual funds by 15 basis points, a move aimed at increasing penetration of such products among investors. The proposal, based on an internal study by Sebi on mutual funds, will...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Data
Indian firms mobilised more than Rs 58,000 crore by issuing shares to institutional investors during April-January of the current fiscal, over 12-fold rise from the year-ago period. In comparison, they had mopped-up Rs 4,664 crore in the corresponding period of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts
India and the UK have launched joint research projects on water quality and energy demand reduction, the government on Friday informed Lok Sabha. Minister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply to a question that the research projects...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Data
Foreign investors have infused over Rs 84 billion in the Indian equity markets so far in March on expectations of rebound in corporate earnings and easing of global oil prices. However, they pulled out nearly Rs 100 billion from the debt markets during...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Indian News
NEW DELHI: The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana(PMFSY), the Narendra Modi government's flagship crop insurance scheme- launched with much fanfare two years ago, has witnessed negative growth this year as the coverage has reduced to 24 per cent of gross...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Indian News, Risk Management
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to list the steps being taken to check the airworthiness of all Pratt and Whitney 1100 engines that power A320neo aircraft. A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G S...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2018 | Indian News, Regulation
Mumbai: Insurance regulator Irdai has extended the deadline for linking 12-digit unique identity number Aadhaar with various insurance policies until the Supreme Court decides on the matter. The Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition (vide order dated March 13)...
