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Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, two dead
The typhoon could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian...
Data Centers: AI and cloud computing drive global construction boom
According to market research, up to $7 trillion will be spent on...
ADB’s $1.70 mn study to develop multi-hazard early warning system for glacial lake outburst floods(GLOFs) in Himalayan region
Pushpendra Johari, senior vice president, sustainability, RMSI ``There's some progress in the case of GLOF, with studies emerging and consultations sought from experts like in the case of Nepal. ADB study for Bhutan and Nepal will include climate and disaster...
Cyberattack diverts ambulances, cripples patient records at major US health system
Cybersecurity experts say ransomware attacks have increased substantially in recent years, especially in the health care sector. Increasingly, ransomware gangs steal data before activating data-scrambling malware that paralyzes networks. The threat of making stolen...
Flash floods, cold lava flow hit Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 15 people
The 2,885-metre (9,465-foot) Mount Marapi erupted late last year killing 23 climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption. The volcano has stayed at the third highest of four alert levels since 2011, indicating above-normal volcanic activity under which...
FPIs pull out a massive Rs 17,000 cr from Indian equities
While FPIs may adopt a cautious stance until the election results are clear, favourable outcomes and established political stability could see their return in significant numbers, Trivesh D, COO at Tradejini, said Mumbai: Foreign investors pulled out a massive Rs...
Gold ETFs witness first outflow since March 2023 amid profit-taking
''In INR terms, gold has done fairly well over the last year but dwarfs in comparison to how equities have fared. Given this backdrop, flows in the Gold ETF category have been somewhat patchy relative to the equity asset class. That said, investors could have opted to...
Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, poor hit hard
Weather across South America is affected by the El Nio climate phenomenon, a naturally occurring event that periodically warms surface waters in the equatorial Pacific. In Brazil, El Nio has historically caused droughts in the north and intense rainfall in the south,...
Severe solar storm brings dazzling Aurora, threatens to trigger blackouts
The danger is that the storms can inject direct current into alternating current transmission lines, as well as sending low pulses of electricity through things like railroad tracks and pipelines. Some GPS signals may be lost during the event A severe solar storm this...
10,000 new cases of Thalassemia patients reported each year in India: Health secy
Union Health Secretary also advocated for inclusion of compulsory Thalassemia testing in the existing reproductive and child health (RCH) programs under NHM as a means to curtail the prevalence of the disease New Delhi: Apurva Chandra, secretary, Ministry of Health...
Insurance Councils and Panchayat Raj ministry to identify gram panchayats for rural sector business: IRDAI
After the finalisation of the first gram panchayat for each insurer, the council should share the list with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India New Delhi: With the objective to meet insurance for all by 2047, the sector regulator Irdai on...
Financial and other constraints prevent almost half of seniors from seeking medical care, study Finds
The NGO said that 48.6 per cent of elderly respondents of the survey in urban areas did not visit doctors regularly due to financial constraints and logistical challenges and the corresponding figure for rural areas was 62.4 per cent A new study that surveyed elderly...