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New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Amazon on Monday announced to invest $15 million in nature-based projects to support communities, climate resilience, and biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.The company will invest its first $3 million from the fund’s APAC allocation to support nature-based projects in India.Amazon will be working with the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) to support communities and conservation efforts in the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is home to more than 30 per cent of all of India’s wildlife species, including the world’s largest population of wild Asiatic elephants and tigers.Amazon’s funding of $1…

As of Sunday, a total of 4,178 suspect cases of dengue were reported.Patients who were diagnosed with dengue and malaria complained of high fever, sweating, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle pain and traces of blood in their stool.According to data collected by the district health department and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the highest number of suspected cases of dengue and malaria was reported from DLF Phase-1, Sector-80, Sushant Lok and Wazirabad.According to doctors, the season for dengue haemorrhagic fever usually starts in June and lasts till mid-December.The district malaria office, which is the vector control department, has initiated…

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the indicator was 0.7 per cent lower when compared to July last year, reports Xinhua news agency.The overall drop in household spending was driven by furnishings and household equipment, clothing and footwear, and recreation and culture.Fresh data from the ABS also showed that goods spending had its largest decline since July 2021 with a 4.1 per cent fall, while spending on services rose 2.4 per cent.July also saw spending growth rates plunge in all states and territories compared to the previous month.Robert Ewing, ABS head of business statistics, pointed out that households have…

India need to win Monday’s match to progress to the Super Four stage of the competition. Shami’s inclusion in the playing eleven comes after Bumrah flew back home for the birth of his son Angad.”We batted in the last game. We want to see what the bowlers have in offer for us. I don’t know about the weather. We just want to have the bowlers to have a game under the belt.””The way we batted under pressure, Hardik and Ishan batted brilliantly. Ishan showed a lot of maturity and took the game on as well. Good signs for us. It’s…

However, no one was injured in the incident.There was panic among people as the tusker blocked the traffic. It then came charging towards a private bus and damaged its windshield with its trunk.Visuals of the incident were widely circulated on social media. Passengers of the bus are seen getting down and running away in panic.People can be heard screaming as the elephant came charging in towards the bus.The driver reversed the bus as a precautionary measure. The passenger had a sigh of relief as the elephant then moved away from the vehicle. It was then seen chasing a few people…

The authors of the paper were Bibek Debroy, member, Niti Aayog and Kishore Desai, Officer on Special Duty, Niti Aayog in 2017.The concept of simultaneous elections is in-fact not new to the country. Post adoption of the Constitution, elections to Lok Sabha and all State Legislative Assemblies were held simultaneously over the period 1951 till 1967 when the cycle of synchronized elections got disrupted, the note said.In the current situation, the country witnesses elections to about 5-7 State Assemblies every year (except few exceptional years). Such a situation ends up adversely impacting all the key stakeholders – the Government (both…

The state government will start a special campaign for protection of cattle for which a two-week programme will be rolled out in these divisions from September 10 to 25 said a government spokesman.During this, efforts will be made to protect stray cattle and to provide for their food and maintenance. The government has also appealed to cattle rearers to not abandon the livestock.If farmers or cattle rearers are found abandoning their livestock in these three divisions after September 25, legal proceedings will be initiated against them.Animal husbandry minister Dharmpal Singh said. “Under the campaign, details of abandoned cattle, along with…

The JMAsaid the air is flowing into the regions along the edge of a high-pressure system and a tropical depression, which has weakened from Typhoon Kirogi, reports Xinhua news agency.The warm and moist air is causing rain to fall mainly in areas along the Pacific in eastern and northern Japan, said the JMA, warning of potential mudslides, flooding in low-lying areas, lightning strikes, tornadoes and other strong gusts and even hail.The weather officials said that as much as 100 mm of rain is expected in 24 hours through Tuesday morning in some areas of the Kanto region, the Izu Islands…

She was later identified as Rupal Ogrey, 24, hailing from Raipur and undergoing training as an air-hostess with a leading private airline.A police official said that after getting a tip-off, a Powai Police team rushed to the spot, NG Complex at Ashok Nagar in Marol, Andheri east around 9.45 p.m. on Sunday night.The victim’s body was recovered in the flat with nobody else present as her sister and her boyfriend had gone out of station, said an official of Powai Police Station.The body was sent for an autopsy to Rajawadi Hospital and the police registered a murder case and formed…

“Our government is committed to achieve it. Overall Bengaluru and Karnataka are ideally positioned to continue to lead the country in innovation and technology,” he stated.Addressing the event of interaction with the industry leaders ahead of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), CM Siddaramaiah stated, “I gladly welcome the industry leaders, founders, investors, technology enthusiasts for breakfastmeeting with IT, BT and electronic company CEOs ahead of the Bengaluru Tech Summit.”Karnataka state is all set to lead the country in terms of digital future. Congress leaders in Karnataka recognised the potential of the IT sector in the state. In the late 1980s…