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New Delhi: Himalayan glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the populations that rely on them, according to scientific explanations. Besides the ecosystem services that the glaciers provide, their melting increases the risk of runoffs and floods as recently seen with the Uttarakhand glacier disaster that claimed 26 lives and 197 people still reported missing with rescue operations underway. The science behind what is currently happening in the Himalayas was forecasted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 2019 report that says glaciers would retreat in the upcoming years, causing landslides and floods. Himalayan glaciers play an important role in South Asia, providing drinking water and water resources for agriculture, hydropower and biodiversity. Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are a crucial water supply for the 240 million people who live in the region, including 86 million Indians, ... » Learn More about Explained: Himalayan glaciers sensitive to climate change, rapidly shrinking

Next The year 2011 saw various events -- the Arab Spring, anti- corruption protests, Europe's sovereign debt crisis -- transform countries and reshape the world order. Gateway House , a leading Mumbai-based think tank on India's foreign policy, takes a look at what these events mean for India, and presents India's top foreign policy cheers and jeers for the year. 2 011 was the year of transformation, everywhere -- the extraordinary Arab Spring, anti-corruption protests around the world, the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, NATO military drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the sovereign debt crisis in Europe...the list is long. All this unaddressed by lackluster leadership in India and abroad. The events that captured India the most were the stunning spread of the Arab uprisings, to our West, and the accelerating geopolitical aggression of China, to our East. Also significant was the unraveling of two optimistic ... » Learn More about FLASHBACK! Highs and lows of India’s foreign policy

CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have identified a sustainable and high-yielding alternative source for the anti-cancer drug Camptothecin . This novel microbial fermentation process can be an economically-efficient method of production to fulfill the market demand at a large scale. Topotecan and Irinotecan are two widely used anticancer drugs, which are produced by using Camptothecin as the lead molecule. More than a dozen derivatives and conjugates of Camptothecin are under various stages of clinical trials for anti-cancer applications. Camptothecin is an alkaloid isolated from the Chinese tree Camptotheca acuminata and the Indian tree Nothapodytes nimmoniana. Nearly 1,000 tons of plant material is required to extract just one ton of Camptothecin. Due to extensive overharvesting to meet the market demand both these plants are now critically endangered. The N. nimmoniana population has seen more than a 20% decline in the last decade alone. IIT ... » Learn More about IIT Madras Researchers identify a Sustainable, High-Yielding Alternative Source for Anti-Cancer Drug Camptothecin

Next Siddhesh Joglekar, founder of Estatelister.com lists out reasons why these five cities could emerge as the best real estate investments in the New Year. R eal estate in India is perhaps one of the most vibrant and ever growing sectors of the country with seemingly limitless opportunities. India figures in the list of one of the real estate markets every global consultant of repute recommends to invest. The traditional favourite real estate hotspots like the tier 1 cities of Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Bangalore have seen huge influx of money in the recent years. However, are these cities still hotspots with potential for astronomical rates of returns? We think there are better investment options in India that are unexplored and can turn out to be the top tier Indian real estate hotspots of this decade as well. We looked at the following factors while including a city in this list -- (note that the list is indicative and not exhaustive). Note that ... » Learn More about Five HOTTEST real estate cities to watch out for in India

After ignoring the country in its early years, the social media company is doubling down on the Indian market by rolling out localised versions of its offerings. This includes rebuilding of Snapchat 's Android app with support for nine Indian languages and an India-specific version of its content discovery platform Discover that now has over 85 local channels. In October 2020, it announced its first slate of mobile-first licensed and original shows for the Indian market along with its first gaming partner in the country. To be sure, India was one of the first markets where Snap Inc. made investments to localise its product, including building local augmented-reality creator communities, adding local content, and investing in local marketing initiatives. These tactics form the basis of a "repeatable playbook we can now leverage to drive growth", Andersen said. "We focused on India early because it has a large and fast-growing population of young smartphone users, high-speed ... » Learn More about Snap plans to take its India localisation strategy to the world

Fifteen-year-old Braden Wilson was frightened of Covid-19. He was careful to wear masks and only left his house, in Simi Valley, California, for things like orthodontist checkups and visits with his grandparents nearby. But somehow, the virus found Braden. It wreaked ruthless damage in the form of an inflammatory syndrome that, for unknown reasons, strikes some young people, usually several weeks after infection by the coronavirus. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles put the teenager on a ventilator and a heart-lung bypass machine. But they could not stop his major organs from failing. On Jan. 5, “they officially said he was brain-dead,” his mother, Amanda Wilson, recounted, sobbing. “My boy was gone.” Doctors across the country have been seeing a striking increase in the number of young people with the condition Braden had, which is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. Even more worrisome, they say, is that more patients are now very sick ... » Learn More about Covid-linked syndrome in children is growing and cases are more severe

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com reports from the heat and dust of a Baramati rally with Supriya Sule, MP. Rediff.com IMAGE: Supriya Sule's final sabha for the 2019 election. The biggest day in five years for Baramati is the election rally held on Sunday, April 21. After the rally ends Sunday afternoon, two-time Nationalist Congress Party MP of this south central Maharashtra constituency, Supriya Sule, 49, wearing a brightly-hued sari, with an electric pink border, descends from the stage and plunges fearlessly into the swarming, swelling, whirling throng. The crowd is delirious with joy to have her in their midst. People circle about her, excitedly pushing closer and closer, mobbing her and showering love on their tai . Scores whip out their cell phones to take selfies with her. Others move nearer to greet her and chat or introduce a child or relative. Working her way across the gathering, in the stupefying heat, a glowing Sule seems to be in her ... » Learn More about ‘We are not film stars’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a document with the people detailing the ' vikas yatra ' or glimpses of development, empowerment and service during his government's second term. The document, shared by the prime minister on the occasion of the first anniversary of his second term on his Twitter account and web portal, detailed the steps taken by his government for the progress and development of the country. The 'Vikas Yatra' module is divided into 15 heads ranging from ease of doing business, ease of living, to eliminating corruption and the country's fight against coronavirus. 'Have a look at the Vikas Yatra, that gives glimpses of our collective journey of development, empowerment and service,' Modi tweeted along with the document. 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the elections of 2019 and came back with a bigger mandate and greater support of people. This mandate with a larger majority, which is a rare phenomenon in democratic societies, was won on ... » Learn More about PM shares ‘vikas yatra’ of his 2nd term with people

July 14, 2011 07:29 Chang Do-won started his new life in the U.S. nearly three decades ago cleaning dishes before he founded Forever 21, which has since emerged as the leading casual clothing brand in the U.S. Now he ranks as the 540th richest man in the world and hopes to inspire a new generation of immigrants to follow their dreams. "I hope people who come from nothing and try to survive in a foreign country take hope whenever they see a Forever 21 store," said the 51-year-old, who now operates 470 branches of his famous "fast fashion" brand worldwide. "Although I started from scratch, I want to show people that we can succeed if we keep on challenging ourselves and never give up." Chang's story is a heartening tale of an Asian immigrant whose power of personality and perseverance saw him go from rags to riches. Forbes ranked Chang, whose stores employ over 40,000 staff and produce annual sales of W4.5 trillion (US$1=W1,062), as the 187th richest person in the U.S. in ... » Learn More about Rags-To-Riches Retail Tycoon Hopes to Inspire Other Immigrants

'Long-term investors should not worry about these sharp dips and jumps if they have chosen their stocks wisely.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com The 50-stock bellwether Nifty has been on a roller coaster ride a week before the Budget and it is showing no signs of moderation or calm. Look at how the Nifty has been bobbing up and down since end January and you will know what a roller coaster ride is and how turbulent the Indian market has been! The Nifty had touched a low of 13,596.75 on Friday, January 29, the last trading day before the Budget on Monday February 1, 2021 from its previous all-time high of 14,753 posted on Jan 21, a crash of 1,100 points in six trading sessions. A week after the Budget, the Nifty crashed from an all-time high of 15,431 on Tuesday, February 16, to a low of 14,635 on February 22, a drop of 800 points in five trading sessions. But that was not before a handsome rally of 1,770 points from its low of 13,662 on February 1 to ... » Learn More about Market turbulence: Advice for Investors