Extreme and more frequent heat waves dry out the landscape causing a small spark to trigger a huge fire. Such conflagration leads to higher emissions from burning forests further exacerbating climate change. It is a vicious cycle.

Fifty per cent of the world’s population resides in areas where plastic waste generated exceeds the capacity to manage it, says report

The event will take place in Bangalore from December 9-11, 2024, and on December 12 in Mysore

The new factory will produce Sealy’s premium mattresses, including the Posturepedic range, for the domestic market

These companies have written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India expressing their willingness to launch satcom services in India

The move is expected to result in $11 million to $13 million in charges in the fourth quarter of 2024, consisting primarily of cash expenditure for separation-related payments, employee benefits and related costs

The Indian IT sector, while traditionally emphasising cost-effective outsourcing, is gradually evolving to enhance RPE and profitability through investments in upskilling and digital innovation

Container carriers launch freighters to offer integrated services and expand their transport offerings

Thirty high TB burden countries accounted for 87% of the world’s TB cases in 2022 and two-thirds of the global total was in eight countries including India

The Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, a zoonotic disease; humans usually contract the virus through contact with food or items contaminated by the the Mastomys rat’s urine or faeces.

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge , 2025.

Edinburgh : Luath Press, 2021.

In the fifth and final part of Future Cities: Holy Land, WIRED explores how Israel can continue to grow as a tech powerhouse.

Dale Vince, eco-warrior and founder of Ecotricity, the world’s first green energy company is on a mission to change the face of energy provision on a global scale and is a United Nations Climate Champion, he shared how at WIRED Smarter 2020. "With technology, we can stop using fossil fuels" ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Subscribe for Events Information: http://wired.uk/signup Web: http://bit.ly/VideoWired Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterWired Facebook: http://bit.ly/FacebookWired Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstagramWired Magazine: http://bit.ly/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewslettersWired

The Duke of Sussex talks about misinformation before the digital age and how it has affected him and his family personally.

Produced by Wired Brand Lab with IBM | In this unpredictable business landscape, being able to strategize for multiple scenarios by weighing the potential impact of decisions gives the power to make the right call. See how IBM Planning Analytics on Amazon Web Services makes it possible to tackle tough business challenges.

PM to attend BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22-23 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin

“This was disclosed in a meeting of AP Minister for Education, IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh with representatives of the Vedanta Group subsidiary at the company’s office in Mumbai on Thursday” 

The spectator friendly 20-over format has grown the game — 89 countries are now ranked in T20 men’s cricket and 74 countries in T20 women’s cricket

Contract is effective from January 1 and will run for 3 years

Shanti Teresa Lakra, a nurse from Andaman who braved a cyclone to vaccinate the Jarawa tribe, is in the race to win the prestigious Global Nursing Award 2023.

This year is likely the last one ever in which you can say that more than half the planet is not on social media.

Hootsuite just released a massive digital state of the union report. Some of the high-level findings:

5.2 billion of us now have phones globally
4.5 billion are connected to the internet
3.8 billion are active social media users

That 3.8 billion is 49% of the planet’s population, and it grew 9% over the past year.

Social Marketing Predictions for 2020-2025

The coronavirus pandemic boosted social media usage around the world, as many people stayed home for weeks or months. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter are all gaining new users, though not all will benefit equally from 2020s growth.

How many internet users worldwide visit social platforms regularly?

An estimated 3.23 billion people, or 80.7% of internet users worldwide, will use a social network at least once per month in 2020.

Which countries have the largest populations of social media users?

China and India continue to rank first and second. As a result, Asia-Pacific remains the leading region, with 1.89 billion people using social networks in 2020.

Where will the most new users emerge?

China will post the most sizable increase, with 58.3 million more users than in 2019. India will gain 31.8 million social network users, while Brazil will add 10.0 million.

The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled 820.97 points or 1.03 per cent to settle at 78,675.18. During the day, it plunged 948.31 points or 1.19 per cent to 78,547.84.

As the world grapples with plummeting levels of biodiversity, Colombia is hosting two weeks of meetings for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference

This was part of the Gairdner Foundation’s announcement of its 2024 Canada Gairdner Award winners

Emphasising the importance of expanding access to high-burden regions, the report calls for strategic initiatives to enable the production and distribution of life-saving antibiotics and antifungals

India’s participation will enable it to contribute to global ocean governance, access biodiversity funds, and play a role in establishing marine protected areas and sharing marine genetic resources.

Grapevines may withstand warmer temperatures of one or two degrees this century, but if the temperature rises four or five degrees, as experts predict, the consequences will be disastrous.

Australia's top medical research body‘s “findings are contrary to findings and conclusions of homeopathy in India", the AYUSH Ministry told the Lok Sabha.

London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2024.

The world must strive to overcome the obstacles as the treaty is a blueprint for a more equitable and resilient global health system

The big lesson from the Summit is that developing countries have yet to exploit the opportunities presented by the U.N. system

The veteran journalist calls for urgent measures to combat misinformation and uphold the standards of journalism in the digital age

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research