by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Data, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The EPFO net payroll addition stood at 1.47 crore members during FY24, amounting to a year-on-year rise of 6.3 per cent from 1.39 crore members in the corresponding period of the previous year New Delhi: There has been a decline in annual as well as quarterly...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
The punishing heat in India is straining power grids and drying up water bodies, triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. According to the Central Water Commission, water storage in 150 major reservoirs in India plunged to its lowest level in five...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features
India’s ambitious target of reaching 500 GW by 2030 and net zero by 2070 would require green transition in the way its people live and in the way they business. The intent for a green change can be seen in the hiring for green jobs. Studies suggest that India...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Policy
Exposure to extreme heat can affect health, ranging from rashes to serious and potentially fatal health problems such as heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Headache, feeling dizzy, dehydration, and breathing problems are the common symptoms of heat-related illness, said...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Risk Management
According to the Indian Meteorological department, ‘Remal’ has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is poised to make landfall between Bangladesh and the adjoining West Bengal coasts by midnight on Sunday, with sustained wind speeds ranging from...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Technology
The program will discuss the regulatory framework and policy support needed to mainstream Ayush treatments in health insurance schemes and facilitate a dialogue between key stakeholders to address both challenges and opportunities. NEW DELHI: The Ayush ministry will...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
“DoT and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have devised a system to identify and block such international spoofed calls from reaching any Indian telecom subscriber. Now directions have been issued to the TSPs for blocking such incoming international spoofed...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2024 | Workplace/Employee Benefits
Blurb We’re seeing a lot of investment in Africa by China and India on infrastructure projects. Munich Re can utilise its expertise and presence in these markets to ensure that both reinsurance markets benefit from the investments, instead of it being one sided....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 25, 2024 | Indian News, Life, Technology
Casparus J H Kromhout, MD & CEO, Shriram Life Insurance said, “These results aptly reflect the work we started a year ago by bolstering sales and aggressively expanding across rural India. 41 per cent of the total policies sold by Shriram Life Insurance are from...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
Negotiations are ongoing for two complementary deals that could be formalised at the May 27-June 1 meeting: an update to existing health rules on outbreaks and a new legally-binding treaty to shore up the world’s defences against future pathogens after the...
