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Saturday, May 18, 2024
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Topic: WEF

Clean air could become a new global currency. Are we ready for the expenses?

David Duong -
Air pollution exacerbates existing inequities. WHO's research shows that more than 90% of air pollution deaths occur in low and middle-income countries.

Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling e-waste from smartphones

Mo Chatterji -
Smartphones have become a form of consumption and replacing them on a regular basis has become commonplace. Changing this mindset will be key.

1 billion people are currently experiencing mental ill-health. Yet funding remains very low

Elisha London -
Philanthropists’ ability to take risks, and to act quickly and flexibly, makes them ideally placed to drive change in mental health care.

Top 3 global risks now are climate action failure, biodiversity loss, infectious diseases

Akanksha Khatri -
Businesses have a vital role to play in fighting biodiversity loss and ensuring continued ecosystem services such as clean water, food security etc.

Can the Tokyo Olympics help bring the world together?

Hesham Zafar -
Last year, the entire sports ecosystem saw social activism that inspired reviews of archaic practices and helped amplify the voices of underrepresented groups.

Survey shows two-thirds of people around the world want to work from home after Covid-19

Douglas Broom -
Almost a third - 30 per cent - said they would consider looking for another job if they were forced to go back to the office full time.

Only cross-border, cross-sector collaboration can beat cybercrime

Daniel Barriuso -
It is essential that both businesses and governments incentivise collaboration and accountability through strong public-private efforts.

Renewables were the world’s cheapest source of energy in 2020, report shows

Victoria Masterson -
Retiring costly coal plants could stop the emission of about 3 gigatonnes of CO2 a year.

You can’t end poverty without tackling blindness

Tej Kohli -
Almost 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries and the main cause of this often avoidable blindness is cataracts.

Heart disease is leading cause of death in women. All-female-led Lancet group is stepping in

Ruma Bhargava -
High blood pressure is the single-largest risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in women, followed by high body mass index and high LDL cholesterol.
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Opinion

Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many civic bodies, no one to blame

Manasi Phadke -
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

Is Bookstagram the new fast fashion? It has turned reading into a performance

Economy

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Moksha M. Munoth -
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Defence

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

National Interest

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Shekhar Gupta -
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?

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