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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: WEF

How Russian ‘shadow fleets’ are hindering world’s efforts to help Ukraine

Non-Western-aligned shadow fleets comprise ageing ships that maintain a low profile by sailing without insurance and turning off transmitters.

How climate change is putting your eyes at risk

The predicted rise in eye diseases and disruption of ocular health services will increase the number of people suffering from vision impairment.

Four new infections are out to get you. Move over Covid-19

Infections such as strep A and RSV are on the rise—worse and more prolific than before.

Japan to Afghanistan—World’s passports ranked. It also shows ever-growing wealth disparity

Ukraine and Russia have held roughly the same position on paper since the invasion began in 2022. Ukraine climbed 24 places in the passport index in the last 10 years.

Pay cheque is not enough. Employees want to belong, feel secure at their workplace

Every company should have the ultimate ambition of creating a happy and inspiring workplace where people feel they belong.

Single-use plastic is everywhere in daily life. Good news is reuse trend finally back

Today, single-use plastic covers the Earth, and its consumption is on track to skyrocket–from 460 million tonnes in 2019 to 1,231 million tonnes in 2060.

WEF-backed Schwab Foundation names top social innovators for this year, 5 Indians on list

The winners include 25 leaders working across fields like education, agriculture, microfinance, environmental projects & women empowerment in the informal economy.

Global fiscal discipline has broken down, ‘fractured’ political consensus a factor: Raghuram Rajan

At WEF Summit in Davos, Rajan criticised subsidies for green energy in Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and emphasised need to better assimilate refugees in the labour force.

Uruguay punches above weight not just in football. It’s also a sustainability success story

The country runs on 98 per cent renewable energy. Investment in renewables and electrification of transport are some methods through which Uruguay has achieved that.

Nuclear fusion energy can help fix world’s heating woes. Here’s how

Combined with heat pumps, the cheap and abundant power of nuclear fusion would revolutionise in-home energy use. And it could be available as soon as the 2030s.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.