Maruti Suzuki India’s premium hatchback — Swift has received 2-star rating for adult occupant protection after conducting crash tests from Vehicle safety group Global NCAP. Vehicles are rated from zero to five based on their safety features and automobiles with higher rating are considered more safe for occupants. Maruti Suzuki India (formerly known as Maruti … Read more
The world needs to keep global temperatures in check by meeting the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, or more people could die because of extreme temperatures, say authors of a new study in the letters section of Springer’s journal Climatic Change. The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015 under the auspices of the United … Read more
For every one-degree-Celsius increase in temperature, mountaintop species shift upslope 100 metres, shrinking their inhabited area and resulting in dramatic population declines, new research by University of British Columbia zoologists has found. The study — the first broad review of its kind — analyzed shifts in elevation range in 975 populations of plants, insects and … Read more
56 million years ago, the Earth experienced an exceptional episode of global warming. In a very short time on a geological scale, within 10 to 20’000 years, the average temperature increased by 5 to 8 degrees, only returning to its original level a few hundred thousand years later. Based on the analysis of sediments from … Read more
Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and public health researchers. Better air quality could lead to a significant extension of lifespans around the world. This is the first time that data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied … Read more
Global MarketplacesAmazon, Tophatter, MyMall and Yandex from Russia, and Awok from the Middle Eastpresented to 1,000 Indian sellers at the Payoneer Forums Udaipur : Payoneer, an innovative cross-border payments company that drives global eCommerce, concluded their second annual Payoneer Forum in New Delhi and its first in Mumbai last week. This edition of Payoneer Forum … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the third annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Mumbai on Tuesday. This year’s theme is “Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration”. It recognizes the private sector’s vital role in bridging the infrastructure gap. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented India as one of the most investor friendly … Read more