05 Jul 2021 The year 2020 will go down in history not only as a year of adversity but also one that witnessed the indomitable human spirit to find a cure, while simultaneously battling COVID-19. Today, India is witnessing fewer cases, given the standardized treatment protocols, progressing vaccination drive and…
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Industry Needs to Calibrate and Transform
01 Jul 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis and the greatest challenge we have faced since the World War II. The virus has unleashed socio-economic effects that have devastated lives and livelihoods beyond just health, undoing decades of global progress. The second wave of infections derailed…
Mechanical ventilation system for Post COVID Era
30 Jun 2021 COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a pandemic declared by the WHO, brought into focus, rather sharply, on not only how quickly but also how effectively we are creating & adapting the ‘new normal’. HVAC systems can have a major effect on the transmission of…
Bringing Change through Technology
28 Jun 2021 India is passing through an unprecedented health crisis and yet another economic challenge. However, the loss of economic momentum is not as severe as last year. As vaccination gains speed, the second half is expected to be strong. The objective, both for the Government and for the…
COVID-19 Accelerated Clean Energy Adoption
24 Jun 2021 Globally companies are getting into corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable energy producers. This trend of corporate PPAs was popularized by tech giants such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, AT&T who have altogether around 10 GW of PPA, but it is becoming more and more…
CII Covid-19 Relief and Rehabilitation Initiatives: Strengthening Healthcare Infrastructure
17 Jun 2021 The second wave of Coronavirus put tremendous strain on healthcare infrastructure as the number of patients rose rapidly. Hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, ventilators and other necessary medical equipment and facilities were in short supply and people were often travelling great distances in the hope of getting medical…
How to Manage Large-Scale Public Crises
14 Jun 2021 Read about how we can manage a large-scale public crises in the CII blog, based on a Stanford Social Innovation Review article by Haritha Saranga and Prateek Raj. In a world fraught with uncertainty, unforeseen crises have the power to bring entire economies to a standstill. During…
India’s Economic Performance during 2020-21
11 Jun 2021 The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Government of India, recently released the quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020-21 for the fourth quarter (Q4), along with the provisional estimates of annual income for the same period on 31 May, 2021. GDP…
COVID-19 and Global Economic Forecasts
09 Jun 2021 The global economy experienced an unprecedented economic shock with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, that caused widespread disruptions and affected millions of lives and livelihoods. Vaccine rollouts and high inoculation coverage in major economies along with coordinated policy support from Governments across the world have significantly…
World Environment Day 2021 – Focus on Ecosystem Restoration
05 Jun 2021 Ecosystems are the web of life on Earth and provide us with priceless benefits. People and planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Our planet’s ecosystems are today threatened by climate change, nature loss, overexploitation and deadly pollution. Unless we take transformative…