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How missed warnings, ‘over-tourism’ aggravated deadly India landslides
Local authorities are now counting the cost of the disaster and...
Head and neck cancers on the rise in India, youth at key risk: Experts
"India is seeing a surge in head and neck cancer cases, especially...
FEATURE-India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages
The Indian government, which aims to deliver more services digitally, is also building language datasets through Bhashini, an AI-led language translation system that is creating open source datasets in local languages for creating AI tools. The platform includes a...
Cybersecurity, customer protection essential for digital payments momentum: RBI paper
The authors further said despite the traction observed in digital payments, cash persists due to a strong inclination of the populace to transact and save in cash Mumbai: Cybersecurity, customer protection, and cost-effectiveness are essential for sustaining the...
Climate change pushes dengue into new frontiers across India
India currently bears the majority of the global dengue burden, which can be attributed to various factors, including urbanisation, travel, trade, climate change, viral evolution, and the absence of effective vaccines and drug treatments DIMAPUR: The lights above...
Health needs to be prioritised of national plans to fight climate change
Climate change is already harming human health and wellbeing. From illness caused by extreme climate events to the increased incidence and spread of vector-borne diseases; and the rise in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases caused by extreme heat and air pollution...
Villagers resist India’s biofuel push, fearing hidden health risks
Touted as a green fuel and a solution to cut tailpipe emissions from vehicles when blended with gasoline, ethanol - a biofuel - is key to India's action to tackle climate change. But the residents of Chittanur village in Telangana state say they are not ready to pay...
Economic models buckle under strain of climate reality
"But climate change is fundamentally different to other shocks because once it has hit, it doesn't go away," said Thierry Philipponnat, author of a report by Finance Watch, a Brussels-based public interest NGO on financial issues Record temperatures, droughts, floods...
Senior living offers huge growth opportunities as elderly share in total population to double by 2050: Report
''With current population of over 0.1 billion (10 crore) seniors in India, there is a significant untapped opportunity for investment and development in the senior living sector.'' New Delhi: Senior living market offers a huge potential for investment and development...
U’khand tunnel collapse: Ecological concerns need to be addressed for development in Himalayas, say experts
Earlier this year, a case of land subsidence was also reported in Joshimath where some residents blamed NTPC's 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad hydroelectric project for the problem. Horrific incidents like the partial collapse of an under construction tunnel on the Char Dham...
Why is South Asia the global hotspot of pollution?
Experts say that the problem lies in a lack of coordination on pollution control efforts between the countries. Dust particles can travel hundreds of kilometres, studies say, transcending national boundaries and impacting countries other than those in which they...
Understanding and managing key risk drivers is essential to navigate the global polycrisis: WTW
The growing inability to secure placements could put coal assets at risk of being stranded, resulting in severe socio-economic ramifications for Asia. The region’s energy security and resilience will therefore require adaptation and cooperation from power businesses...