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US sending Marines and amphibious assault ship to Middle East, officials say
Even if the conflict does stop soon, there will be no rapid...
Airspace curbs, higher operational costs pose challenges for airlines amid West Asia conflict
Officials also said insurance premiums in the wake of the war have...
DPIIT launches PM GatiShakti Offshore for integrated planning
The portal would have detailed data sets on offshore wind, solar, tidal, wave, and ocean thermal energy potential; oil and gas fields and pipelines; bathymetry and sedimentary basins; coastal regulation zones; coral reefs, mangroves, and marine mammal areas; ports,...
Climate Change: Life-threatening heat domes confound forecasters
Wildfires and droughts are often the byproduct of extreme heat and have caused some of the largest climate-related disasters in the US. From 1980 to 2024, 23 wildfires caused $147.9 billion in damage and killed 537 people while 32 droughts extracting a toll of $367.6...
Global financial watchdogs to ramp up monitoring of AI
Banks have been broadly optimistic that AI will make them more productive, but regulators around the world have expressed concerns about its potential impact on financial stability Global financial regulators have laid out plans for closer monitoring of artificial...
Startups bridging India’s mental health gap through tech-led innovations
According to the India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA), a staggering 200 million Indians have diagnosed mental health conditions but receive no adequate treatment, leading to a treatment gap as high as 95 pert cent in some areas. NEW DELHI: Mental health-tech startups...
World’s largest oil gas companies involved in under 1.5 pc renewable energy projects: Study
"Oil and gas companies' renewable deployment is anecdotal at best. Their contribution to the fight against the climate crisis should be judged solely by how much fossil fuel they leave in the ground," lead author Marcel Llavero-Pasquina, a researcher at the Autonomous...
WHO: Widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
“Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO, Director-General One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people...
IRDAI tightens fraud control measures for re/insurers and distribution partners, to be implemented from next Apr 1
All insurers have to share with Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) the details of distribution channels, hospitals, third party vendors and fraud perpetrators blacklisted and IIB will have to maintain the caution repository concerning all such details in order to...
“Ground Boeing 787 aircraft for electrical checks”: Federation of Indian Pilots
"Since June 16, 1925, we have reiterated that all B-787s in the country must be thoroughly checked for their electrical systems. On 04 Oct the RAT deployed on AI-117 a/c while on approach at BHX. On 09 Oct, AI-154 from Vienna to Delhi diverted to Dubai due to major...
Cough syrup deaths: Probe against Coldrif manufacturer exposed lapses by TNFDA
A recent inspection by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) exposed the unit's appalling conditions and total non-compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), the sources said The investigation against the Kanchipuram-based manufacturer of...
US targets Iran’s energy trade, 8 Indian nationals several firms sanctioned
``The State Department imposed sanctions on approximately 40 entities, individuals and vessels to "deny the Iranian regime funds it uses to conduct its malign activity," the department said in a press release on Thursday Washington: Eight Indian nationals and several...