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FM expands footprint in India with new innovative centre in Bengaluru and sales office in Mumbai
Complementing the Bengaluru expansion, FM will also open a new...
Indian cities need $2.4 trillion for climate infrastructure by 2050, World Bank says
The number of Indians living in cities is projected to nearly...
Indian tech industry leaders fast adopting GenAI, albeit with caution
Relying heavily on generative AI without the necessary checks and balances from a human expert to validate the results can lead to potentially unsafe and/or unethical or biased applications, Prabhakar Srinivasan, Director of Technology, AI/ML/Data Science at Synechron...
Increase in organ transplants post Covid, govt says
In 2022, organ transplants reached 16,041 -- a 31 per cent annual increase from 2021, Minister of State for Health SP Singh Baghel said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. New Delhi: There has been an increase in organ transplants post COVID-19, according to...
Report sounds alarm over increase in suicides among elderly in US
In 2022, 10,433 people, above the age of 65, died by suicide and in 2021, the number was 9,652. The provisional estimates released today indicate that suicide deaths further increased in 2022, rising from 48,183 deaths in 2021 to an estimated 49,449 deaths in 2022, an...
Over 13,000 cybercrime cases registered in UP from 2022 to March 20 this year: State govt
To effectively control cybercrime in the state, 18 cybercrime police stations have been set up. The process of setting up cybercrime police stations in 57 districts is underway, Yogi Adityanath, chief minister, UP, said Lucknow: More than 13,000 cybercrime cases were...
Switch to clean fuels could lower exposure to PM2.5, premature deaths: Study
The transition, however, is challenging and affected by income, education, household size, fuel availability, location, and other sociodemographic factors, the study said Shifting to clean fuels from polluting solid ones could significantly lower personal exposure to...
EPFO invests Rs 13,017 crore in exchange traded funds (ETFs) in April-July period
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli said the Code on Social Security, 2020 envisages social security benefits through formulation of schemes for gig and platform workers that can be implemented through EPFO and Employees’ State Insurance...
Over 2.4 lakh Indians surrendered passports in last 8 years: Govt data
According to the data furnished by the minister, over 24,000 Indians surrendered their passports in over 35 countries during the period 2019-2022 New Delhi: As many as 2,46,580 Indians surrendered passports from 2014 to 2022 across India with Delhi registering the...
Karnataka govt approves cyber security policy
''The cabinet has approved Karnataka Cyber Security Policy 2023-24. The main intention of this policy is to reduce the cyber crime rate in the state which is increasing and create awareness among people about cyber security and data privacy,'' Law and Parliamentary...
ANALYSIS-China avoids climate change discussion despite extreme weather
China's CO2 emissions grew 10% in the first quarter of 2023 from a year earlier, rising by approximately 1% above record levels in 2021, according to research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) . Record heat and historic floods in China this...
No compensation paid from Environment Relief Fund since 2019: Govt
Instituted under the Public Liability Act, 1991 (PLIA) in the wake of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the Environment Relief Fund's (ERF) primary purpose is to offer immediate relief to victims of accidents involving hazardous substances. The PLIA mandates industries handling...