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CII releases guidebook on effective adoption governance of AI for board leaders
It encompasses basic concepts related to AI, its use in various...
Govt mandates legal interception of satcom services bars data routing outside country
The move assumes significance as the government is, for the first...
ANALYSIS-As world’s poor face ‘compounding crises’, what could curb risks?
The number of people in need of humanitarian aid globally has tripled in the last half-decade, to 340 million, said, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid and development organisation About 90% of those live in just...
One billion people in 43 countries face cholera risk, amid ‘bleak’ outlook: UN health experts
Echoing the bleak outlook, WHO data indicates that by May last year, 15 countries had reported cases, but by mid-May this year “we already have 24 countries reporting and we anticipate more with the seasonal shift in cholera cases,” said Henry Gray, WHO's Incident...
Cities risk irreversible damage due to environmental degradation: Officials
''Be it Panaji, Thane, Surat, our cities could suffer permanent damage if their green areas are not protected now. We need to take immediate measures to improve the state of the environment in our cities,'' Kunal Kumar, Mission Director of the Smart Cities Mission...
Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting
Risks of a prolonged period of low growth stand, amid stubborn inflation, rising interest rates, and heightened uncertainties, in addition to the ever-worsening impact of climate change, the report found UN: Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim...
Govt to screen, put 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025
India is making efforts to achieve results in social indicators like life expectancy, maternal mortality rate, and NCDs at par with developed nations,'' Dr V K Paul, NITI Aayog Member (Health) stressed New Delhi: The health ministry on Wednesday launched an ambitious...
India considers testing cough syrups before export, says report
The CDSCO has also proposed making it mandatory for exporters to produce a "certificate of analysis" of batches exported from an approved laboratory, the news outlet reported India's $41 billion pharmaceutical industry received a major jolt last year when cough syrups...
India says 50 million people directly dependent on coal mining, says India
"As per our estimation, about 50 lakh people are engaged directly or indirectly in coal mining activities, especially in eastern Indian states. So, just transition has to cater to that challenge," he said India will press for a "just energy transition" at the G-20...
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...