by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister Lloyd’s is evaluating its options for setting up in GIFT City. The summit jointly organised by IFSCA and IRDAI has allowed the market to engage with the two regulators and obtain clarification on a number of areas, said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
An attempted hijacking of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday appears to have been carried out by armed Somali pirates and not Yemeni Houthis, despite the firing of missiles from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen afterwards Commercial ships face...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
”Real GDP growth clocked 7.6 per cent in Q2 FY 2023. The real GDP growth has surprised on the upside by not only being higher than the median projections of 6.8 per cent by professional forecasters but also their highest estimate of 7.4 per cent,” the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Consumer Reports noted that lingering concerns about reliability will likely add to the issues that give many buyers pause when considering a switch to the new technology, joining concerns about higher costs, too few charging stations and long charging times Electric...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention The threat of “a climate change-related disease becoming a pandemic and coming from Africa” was what keeps Jean Kaseya, the director general of the Africa Centres for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Interviews, Regulation, Technology, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, India’s newest financial hub and a flagship project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is preparing for its next phase of growth. The first phase followed the creation in 2020 of a new regulator, the International Financial...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
Phasing out fossil fuels would result in the largest absolute reductions in attributable deaths in South, South East and East Asia, amounting to about 3.85 million annually, the researchers said New Delhi: Outdoor air pollution from all sources accounts for 2.18...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management
“Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Global temperatures are record-high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice is record low. It’s a deafening cacophony of broken records,” said WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas Dubai: The year 2023 has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Joshimath was hit by landslide and ground subsidence and the central government has extended all necessary technical and logistical support to the state The recovery plan for Joshimath would be implemented in three years, following the best practices, Build Back...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Circulatory diseases, malignant neoplasms and respiratory diseases rank among the top three causes of work-related death Agriculture, construction, forestry and fishing and manufacturing are the most hazardous sectors, accounting for 200,000 fatal injuries per year,...
