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Death toll from Texas floods reaches at least 43; dozens still missing
The administration has cut thousands of jobs from the National...
Navigating value shift: Indian businesses can unlock $9.82 trillion in economic activity by 2035, says PwC report
The PwC India’s report, ‘Navigating the value shift’, said mega...
Identify & remove deepfakes else face legal action, govt reminds intermediaries
Intermediaries have been warned that non-compliance will lead to losing exemption from liability provided under section 79(1) of IT Act,” the minister emphasised,Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and IT New Delhi: The government has emphasised that social...
Climate change, illegal construction, greenery loss increasing disaster risk in Himalayas: NDMA
''Vulnerabilities that arose due to unplanned and non-scientific developments in the fragile Himalayan ecosystem were exacerbated by floods resulting from the convergence of monsoon winds and western disturbances in July-August 2023, leading to significant...
Centre to boost EV Infra, new bio-manufacturing scheme in the offing: FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said through rooftop solarisation, one crore households will be enabled to obtain up to 300 units free electricity every month that will result in savings of Rs 15,000 to 18,000 annually for households New Delhi: As Elon Musk looks...
Cold snap helps India’s wheat crop but warm weather forecasts pose risk
Although India's fertile plains have seen a chilly winter, a lack of snowfall in the mountainous regions has raised concerns of a sudden, abrupt rise in temperatures. Both minimum and maximum temperatures in northern and north-western states have started to rise, an...
Howden launches first-of-its-kind carbon capture and storage insurance facility
The insurance facility, designed by Howden and led by SCOR’s syndicate at Lloyd’s, provides cover for environmental damage and loss of revenue arising from the sudden or gradual leakage of CO2 from CCS projects into the air, land and water London: Howden today...
Climate change figures prominently in Pakistan political parties’ manifestos
Ranked as the 5th most vulnerable country to climate change according to the Global Climate Risk Index, a UN report has warned that Pakistan will experience increasingly severe extreme weather events. The total damage from the devastating floods in 2022 that hit 33...
New UN database to help countries tap climate ‘loss and damage’ fund
Given the limitations of current databases, UNDRR is collaborating with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme to create a new global "disaster losses and damages" tracking system. It will replace the existing UNDRR...
Near record jump in CO2 emissions expected in 2024 risks climate goal
The jump is the result human-induced pollution, plus the El Niño weather pattern, which weakens the ability of the world’s natural carbon sinks to absorb CO2, according to a forecast by the UK’s Met Office Carbon dioxide emissions are on track for one of the biggest...
Only zero-emission cars can help tackle air pollution, reduce oil imports: Tata Motors
Shailesh Chandra, MD of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Chandra noted that around 45-50 per cent of its EV customers in Rajasthan and Gujarat were using rooftop solar units to charge their cars thus utilising renewable sources of...
Stress, junk food, pollution among reasons for rising cardiac arrests among youth: Dr Naresh Trehan
"We need to understand that in this current environment, we cope with the different elements that are producing higher incidents of heart disease, especially among the younger populace. Several young people are falling prey to cardiac events. This is a matter of...