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China’s answer to rising sea levels, food insecurity: ‘seawater rice’
Climate change has made the task more urgent. China’s coastal...
IIT-Madras researchers propose drought, flood mitigation project for village in TN
It suggested implementing a rapid recharge technology, which, when...
One in five organizations doesn’t have cyber insurance: Marsh-Microsoft Study
Among respondents to the Marsh-Microsoft Cyber Perception Survey, nearly one-third of those who said their organization estimates the potential financial costs of a cyber event projected that losses from a worst-case incident could reach into the tens of millions of dollars .
India slips 10 places on global competitiveness index; Singapore on top
India’s positive metrics on development front contrast with major shortcomings in some of the basic enablers of competitiveness in case of India, the WEF said, while flagging limited ICT (information, communications and technology) adoption, poor health conditions and low healthy life expectancy
Nutrition survey finds rising diabetes risk in children
On anaemia, the survey found that forty-one per cent of pre-schoolers, 24 per cent of school-age children and 28 per cent of adolescents suffered from it. Anaemia was most prevalent among children under two years of age
Fundamental changes to insurers current model unavoidable:WITR 2019
The roadmap to the future requires insurers to break internal silos, seamlessly connect with ecosystem players, and become inventive. Inventive Insurer competencies cover intelligent processes, open platforms,customer centricity, and an innovative corporate mindset, according to WITR 2019 research and analysis.
With 150 million drivers, India has only 8000 electric cars
India had an estimated 650 charging stations for cars and SUVs in 2018, according to BNEF. China, the largest market for EVs, has about 456,000 charging points, official data shows.India’s sparse charging infrastructure stems from locals’ chicken-and-egg approach to the issue.
Only 10% of Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI applications: PwC
The worrying part is that Indian respondents (53 per cent) significantly outnumber their global counterparts (36 per cent) in admitting that they have no formal approach to identify AI risks
World’s largest banks lagging in sustainable finance: Report
Among those 23 banks with commitments, the average annual level of fossil fuel finance between 2016 and 2018 is nearly twice the annualized amount of sustainable finance commitments. Only seven banks had annualized sustainable finance targets greater than the amount of finance they provide for fossil fuel-related transactions.
An India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill millions, threaten global starvation
The researchers calculated that an India-Pakistan war could inject as much as 80 billion pounds of thick, black smoke into Earth’s atmosphere. That smoke would block sunlight from reaching the ground, driving temperatures around the world down by an average of between 3.5-9 degrees Fahrenheit for several years. Worldwide food shortages would likely come soon after.
Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record, says UN report
The report found that rather than falling, carbon dioxide grew two percent in 2018, reaching a record high of 37 billion tonnes.
‘Have to do it’: Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral
Amazon and Ford Motor Co are among the investors in Rivian. Bezos said the first electric delivery vans for Amazon will be on the road by 2021, and all 100,000 will be deployed by 2024.