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Indian cybersecurity firm Panacea Infosec with human resource R&D firm Panacea Bioedge in collaboration with Healmed Solutions has developed an AI (Artificial Intelligence) voice-enabled mental healthcare platform for India.
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As per a report published by the Deloitte Economics Institute, India stands to lose to the tune of $35 trillion in the next 50 years if it does not reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Inaction on climate change will lead to loss in India’s economic potential by 5.5% each year on an average for the next half century.
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Speaking at the second edition of the mega Bharat Nutrition Week conclave, organized by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing (IHW) Council, Mr. Bishow Parajuli, director of UN World Food Programme (WFP) applauded the efforts of India’s Nutritional programs and initiatives. He also outlined the path ahead for better coverage.
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Reliance Industries has set ambitious renewable energy targets of achieving 100 GW capacity by 2030 and a 1-1-1 plan for bringing the cost of 1 kg of hydrogen gas to $1 in the next 10 years. These announcements were made by Mukesh Ambani in an International Climate Summit.
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Iraq, one of the founding members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) has urged fellow oil-producing nations to move to renewable energy ahead of a meeting of OPEC members. This meeting also has climate crisis discussions on its agenda, which is both unprecedented and vital ahead of the upcoming COP26, the UN climate summit to be held in Glasgow later this year.
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IIT Madras is developing an online portal called ‘eSource’, which will serve as an online marketplace for e-waste. The portal will link various stakeholders in the formal and informal sectors (buyers and sellers). E-source will be an exchange platform for waste electrical and electronic equipment. The researchers who are working on the portal are aiming for a ‘circular economy’ and to address the gaps in the e-waste sector which is a pressing issue in India.
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Japan and Russia have signed a cooperation agreement to work together on Hydrogen production. In a virtual meeting at the Eastern Economic Forum, the two nations agreed to cooperate in R&D and on technology to lower global warming emissions including carbon capture, storage, and utilization.
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Britain’s academia warns the country of impending ‘catastrophic’ environmental fallout and the need to combat climate change. A few weeks earlier, Britain published a report warning that without immediate, extensive lowering of GHG emissions, capping global warming at 1.5 or two degrees will soon be ‘beyond reach.’
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Contemporary research literature available on the impact of cyclones on mangrove forest productivity indicates that nutrient fertilizations aided by tropical cyclones enhance the productivity of mangrove forests. These include enhanced organic carbon and nitrogen levels attributed to storm-induced nutrient reflexes and freshwater supply available during tropical cyclones.
Climate change remains an important agenda point in the ongoing Quad countries summit in Washington DC. Australia, India, Japan, and the USA are the Quad. Narendra Modi, India’s PM reiterated India’s pledge to improve renewable capacity and commitments to cleaner and greener energy.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.