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Explainer: Was Baku climate summit a mixed bag of progress, failures, obstacles

Dec 1, 2024

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) As the 2024 meeting of the UN Climate Change Conference -- known as COP29 -- in Azerbaijan’s Baku, the world’s first oil town standing on the shores of the Caspian Sea, wrapped up, nearly 200 nations agreed to a new collective quantified goal on climate finance. The new finance goal is to mobilise $300 billion per year by…

ESA’s Proba-3 mission to take flight aboard PSLV-XL rocket on Dec 4: ISRO

Nov 28, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that it will launch the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba-3 to observe the Sun with great precision on December 4.Proba-3, which aims to study the…

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Sunita Williams to celebrate Thanksgiving in space with ‘smoked turkey, mashed potatoes’

Nov 28, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is set to celebrate Thanksgiving in space with ‘smoked turkey, mashed potatoes’.Thanksgiving is observed every year in the US on the fourth Thursday of November to honour…

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Indian Chemical Council bags 2024 OPCW-The Hague Award

Nov 27, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) has been conferred the 2024 OPCW The Hague Award -- a first recognising the efforts of a chemical industry body, the Cabinet Secretariat informed on Wednesday.The award was…

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Technology can address food wastage challenge in India: Report

Nov 22, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Using technology can help mitigate food waste -- a critical challenge for India’s foodservice industry -- and also promote sustainable practices, according to a report on Friday.Food wastage can erode restaurant…

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Study explains why females sleep less

Nov 21, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) While caregiving roles often take a toll on women’s sleep, a new study on Thursday suggested that biological factors may also play a role in why females sleep less.The study, published in the journal Scientific…

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AI-powered smart glasses for visually impaired launched by Telangana Governor

Nov 21, 2024

Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) AI-powered smart glasses, which can help the visually impaired to identify faces and objects and also provide navigation support, were launched by Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma at a programme here on Thursday.…

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Australian govt to fine tech companies failing to enforce under-16 social media ban

Nov 21, 2024

Canberra, Nov 21 (IANS) Social media companies that fail to prevent Australians younger than 16 from using their service will face fines worth tens of millions of dollars under world-first laws.Australia's governing Labor Party on Thursday…

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1-metre sea level rise by 2100 to affect over 14 mn people living in coastal areas: Study

Nov 21, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Climate-driven hazards are likely to increase risk for millions of coastal residents, finds a study on Thursday. Published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the study estimates that a 1-metre sea level rise by…

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AI-powered voice analysis may revolutionise early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease

Nov 21, 2024

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based algorithms that can detect subtle changes in a person's voice and detect Parkinson’s disease may be emerging as a potential new diagnostic tool for the neurodegenerative disorder,…

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