by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
“Pfizer intentionally misrepresented the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine and censored persons who threatened to disseminate the truth in order to facilitate fast adoption of the product and expand its commercial opportunity,” the complaint said Pfizer has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The 134 signatory countries to the Declaration are home to over 5.7 billion people and almost 500 million farmers, produce 70 per cent of the food, and are responsible for 76 percent all emissions from global food systems or 25 per cent of total emissions globally...
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...
