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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Wildfires

Smoke from Canadian wildfires sets off health alerts in New York, Ottawa

An unusually early and intense start to wildfire season has set Canada on track for its worst-ever year as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist for months.

What do cybersecurity and wildfires have in common? We don’t have enough firefighters

Cybercriminals took advantage of Covid pandemic. The world now needs 4 million digital firefighters.

‘Worst of the worst of the worst’ — Why 2020 has seen so many wildfires

Today, excess heat is a larger driver of dry-hot conditions than lack of rain. That has big implications for the planet.

97% of wildfires in the US are started by people

Summer and fall are wildfire seasons across the western US. And they are only increasing now.

Boy or girl? The answer led to California wildfire that burnt down over 8,600 acres

Gender-reveal parties in vogue since 2008, but people have now started taking extreme measures during such events, with often other disastrous consequences besides wildfires.

How Google maps are helping fight wildfires

Wildfires can move at up to 22 kilometres per hour and are unpredictable. Staying one step ahead of a wildfire can mean the difference between life & death.

8 journalists ‘assaulted’ during Bangladesh stir, and Indonesia quake kills 82

Why the Trump administration wants Palestinians stripped of refugee status, and star football faces 'racial abuse' at China game.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.