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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Topic: WEF

Why do people fall for misinformation? These 2 internal biases are to blame

Anyone can make a claim, start a conspiracy theory or post a statistic. If people want it to be true it will go viral. But we have the tools to combat it.

Japan is going all out to attract ‘digital nomads’—they’re shaping local economies, innovation

Mitsubishi Estate has announced plans to supply 10,000 rental homes for foreigners by 2030, catering to the increasing demand from digital nomads.

Pay attention to wildlife health. It’s the key to stop the sixth mass extinction

Veterinarians must be adequately trained in disease surveillance and have the necessary tools to be able to recognise and respond to health emergencies both in wildlife & humans.

There will be plenty of jobs in the future — even with artificial intelligence

If you were a farm worker 120 years ago, would it have been possible for you to imagine a world where only one in 20 people worked on farms?

3 trends that’ll influence cyberattacks & ransomware in 2024

If you have an undetected loophole in your network, it is a potential Achilles heel.

3 innovations are closing the gender health gap across the world

A new global health alliance aims to drive innovations in women's health, such as one-shot HPV vaccines and self-administering family planning solutions.

WEF only pushes the agenda of MNCs that fund it. Don’t expect welfare from Davos forum

At WEF 2024, the five-day conference in Davos mainly focussed on how friendship rather than ‘efficient partnerships’ is driving trade and investment globally.

Digital agriculture could transform food security for India’s women farmers. Here’s how

Global agricultural output and food security could increase by 20-30% if women had access to land, tech and financial services in rural areas.

MSMEs make up 90% of world’s companies. But many remain digitally unconnected

The UN Broadband Commission’s Advocacy Target 6 focuses on improving the connectivity of MSMEs by 50% by 2025.

Why drones need to be part of public healthcare in India

Telangana, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and many other states have successfully undertaken drone experiments for healthcare.

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

A scrap revolution for recyclists, it’s an opportunity too good to waste

Recycling 'energy-transition metals' - or metals from batteries, electric vehicles and renewable-energy products offers abundant growth potential.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.