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Govt to address ecommerce dark pattern concerns with all stakeholders
Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs After extensive...
Trade disruption and economic shocks push up political risk cover by 30% globally, says Howden report
Matthew Strong, Deputy CEO, Howden CAP and Head of Credit and...
Climate change making air travel more bumpier, study finds
”Turbulence makes flights bumpy and can occasionally be dangerous. Airlines will need to start thinking about how they will manage the increased turbulence, as it costs the industry USD 150–500 million annually in the US alone,” said Mark Prosser, a PhD researcher at...
California insurers’ inability to price risk is causing headaches
State regulations ask wildfire insurers to set rates for annual catastrophic coverage as a fraction of damages accrued over 20 years — without mention of models that can capture the accelerated rate of land use change and development, weather and wind trends or the...
Many newborns dying due to loss of efficacy of antibiotics against sepsis: Study
Sepsis is a life-threatening bloodstream infection which affects up to 3 million babies a year globally. Every year, 214,000 newborn babies, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), die of sepsis that has become resistant to antibiotics Newborn babies are...
NASA mission to avert ‘internet apocalypse’ that could pause online access for months
Scientists have warned about the potential impact of an upcoming solar storm, commonly referred to as an "internet apocalypse", which could strike within the next decade NASA has launched a spacecraft as part of a mission in an effort to avert a potential "internet...
RBI not planning to regulate social media influencers
Social media influencers peddle personal views or those paying them on financial markets or stocks. Since January 2022, SEBI has been saying it would come out with regulations to tame the so-called financial influencers, it has not yet issued anything but has been...
Smoke from Canada wildfires deteriorates New York air quality; surpasses New Delhi’s pollution level
Situation was such that the picturesque and renowned skyline of New York City became invisible on Wednesday behind a hazy veil of smoke from the Canadian wildfires flowing into the region The air quality of New York city has deteriorated as smoke from the Canadian...
Cutting boards may create microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards, according to the study, can generate tens of millions of microparticles each year. However, a toxicity test found that polyethylene or wood microparticles generated during chopping had no effect on mouse cell survival. Most...
After text messages on phone, extreme weather alerts on TV, radio soon
The National Disaster Management Authority had conceived the “Common Alerting Protocol Based Integrated Alert System” to bring together the alert generating agencies, including the India Meteorological Department, Central Water Commission, Indian National Centre for...
Amit Shah directs MHA, NDMA to develop comprehensive software by March 2024 carrying scientific data on disaster
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that five days rain and flood forecast currently being given by the India Meteorological Department and CWC is to be expanded to seven day forecast by the next monsoon season so that flood management can...
Civil aviation ministry comes out with draft aircraft bill
As per the preamble of the Draft Aircraft Bill, 2023, it aims to have an Act to make better provisions for regulation and control of the design, manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft and for connected matters New Delhi: The civil...