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Reliance Jio’s Jio AirFibre

Reliance Jio is introducing Jio AirFibre, a 5G-based fixed wireless broadband service, with the potential to attract nearly 200 million subscribers in the next three years. This initiative...

August 30, 2023

Circular Electronics Business Model Could Create $20 Billion Market by 2035

A joint report by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and Accenture suggests that a circular electronics business model, encompassing product design to recycling, could create a...

August 29, 2023

Rajasthan Increases Minimum Wages and Expands Health Insurance Coverage

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved an increase in minimum wages for laborers by Rs 26 per day, effective from January 1, 2023, just months before state...

August 29, 2023

Foxconn Founder Terry Gou Announces Independent Presidential Run in Taiwan

Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn Technology Group, has announced that he will run for president of Taiwan as an independent candidate in 2024. Gou, who previously ran for...

August 29, 2023

France’s Ban on Abayas in State Schools

The French government’s decision to ban children from wearing abayas, the full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools has garnered both support and criticism. The...

August 29, 2023

Droughts Threaten Global Trade Routes and Supply Chains

Drought, exacerbated by fossil fuel consumption, is affecting ship traffic in the Panama Canal and threatening to dry out the Mississippi River, impacting American corn and wheat exports....

August 29, 2023

Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change

48 African countries have agreed to adopt the Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (KDMECC) to address the nexus between human mobility and climate change...

August 29, 2023

Global Warming and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Could Increase Frequency of Equatorial-Origin Cyclones

A recent study in Nature Communications suggests that global warming and a cyclical event known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) could increase the frequency of tropical cyclones...

August 29, 2023

Scientists Successfully Sequence the Y Chromosome

In a monumental achievement, scientists have successfully sequenced the Y chromosome, potentially revolutionizing the study of male infertility and various health disorders. Despite attempts to decipher human genetic...

August 29, 2023

Geetika Srivastava to be New Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad

Geetika Srivastava, a 2005 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is appointed as the new Charge d’Affaires (CDA) in Islamabad, succeeding Dr M Suresh Kumar. Despite the downgraded status...

August 29, 2023

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