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ESG Review-Course-correction underway among financial firms
The upshot is a broad-based retreat from the environmental and...
FSIB to select a new CMD for OIC on Friday
Government appoints Amit Misra as acting CMD of OIC for three...
Diseases of old age are increasing in India: Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that the number of old age people in the country is increasing. Pensioners outnumber the serving employees. Because of this, diseases of old age are also increasing Nadia (West Bengal): Highlighting the healthcare reforms by the...
Mass event will let hackers test limits of AI technology
Anyone who’s tried ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing chatbot or Google’s Bard will have quickly learned that they have a tendency to fabricate information and confidently present it as fact. These systems, built on what’s known as large language models, also emulate the...
Governments across the world race to regulate AI tools
The European Data Protection Board, which unites Europe’s national privacy watchdogs, said in April it had set up a task force on ChatGPT, a potentially important first step towards a common policy on setting privacy rules on AI Rapid advances in artificial...
World Bank team meets Kerala CM; expresses interest in state’s carbon neutral initiatives
World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region Martin Raiser said the World Bank's 'Resilient Kerala Programme' to support the state's preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, disease outbreaks, and pandemics was progressing well....
In major climate step, US govt agency proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
If finalised, the proposed regulation would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, which generate about 25 per cent of US greenhouse gas pollution, second only to the transportation sector...
Climate Change: Indian farmers seek to escape debt and suicide
In a new report linking rainfall deficits to higher farmer suicide rates in India's drought-prone states, researchers said climate change was making "agriculture an extremely risky, potentially dangerous and loss-making endeavour" By Roli Srivastava and Bhasker...
Doc’s killing outcome of ‘systemic failure’, says Kerala HC; directs police to come out with new security protocols
A special bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Kauser Edappagath directed the State Police Chief to come out with a new set of protocols for ensuring security of the doctors and other healthcare professionals in all government hospitals in the state Kochi: The...
Assam govt launches cashless healthcare scheme
Himanta Biswa Sarma,Chief Minister,Assam Owing to certain limitations, a significant number of families belonging to the economically-disadvantaged sections were left out of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which also offers cashless healthcare treatment benefits...
Kerala govt grants relaxation in working hours for its employees having children with autism
One of the government employees who is a parent of children with 40 per cent or more such disabilities will be given relaxation in working hours, the government said in a statement A maximum of 16 hours of total working hours in a month will be allowed to one of such...
India builds more hospitals as population surges but doctors in short supply
India's doctor-to-patient ratio hit a record high of 1.2 doctors per 1,000 patients in 1991, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), but as its population surged, the ratio dropped to about 0.7 in 2020. Outside the big cities, the lack of specialised care is...