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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University, and Purdue University have unveiled a cost-effective method for predicting dementia risk. This innovative approach leverages existing patient data and machine learning to provide a "zero-minute assessment" for under a dollar, enabling early identification of individuals at heightened risk for dementia and mild cognitive impairment. "Dementia risk detection is crucial for managing care and planning effectively," said Dr. Malaz Boustani ... read more |
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India court tells smog-hit capital to step up vehicle restrictionsNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 India's top court on Friday ordered authorities in the smog-choked capital New Delhi to establish checkpoints on all 113 roads into the city to stop the entry of polluting vehicles. ... more  
Adani plunges in Mumbai on founder's charges as Asian markets retreatHong Kong (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 Shares in Indian conglomerate Adani tanked on Thursday after its industrialist owner Gautam Adani was charged by US prosecutors with handing out more than $250 million in bribes for key contracts. ... more
Adani plunges in Mumbai on founder's charges as Asian markets retreatHong Kong (AFP) Nov 21, 2024 Shares in Indian conglomerate Adani tanked on Thursday after its industrialist owner Gautam Adani was charged by US prosecutors with handing out more than $250 million in bribes for key contracts. ... more 
Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital's smog miseryNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said Tuesday. ... more |
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Bangladesh extends armed forces judicial powersDhaka (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 Bangladesh's interim government has extended the judicial powers of the armed forces granted after the August revolution that toppled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. ... more |
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India's capital shuts schools because of smogNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity's health crisis. ... more 
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap pollsColombo (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. ... more 
Pakistan's policies hazy as it fights smogLahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog. ... more
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap pollsColombo (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. ... more |
 
Getting Proba-3 ready for launchParis, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2024 Proba-3's Coronagraph spacecraft recently underwent a crucial 'fit check' with the launcher payload adapter, preparing it for its scheduled launch aboard an Indian PSLV-XL rocket on 4 December. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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India's capital shuts all primary schools due to smog New Delhi (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 India's capital New Delhi ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice on Thursday night due to worsening smog in the sprawling megacity. ... more  
Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano eruptsJakarta (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky. ... more
Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxietyLahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. ... more  
Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversaryBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month. ... more |
 
Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over climate cash fight; I.Coast to create $500 mnBaku (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 In the three months since becoming Bangladesh's interim leader following a student-led revolution, Muhammad Yunus has endured political turmoil, impatient cries for elections, and destructive flooding across the low-lying nation. ... more 
Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limitNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. ... more  
Drowning mangroves in Maldives signal global coastal riskLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 Mangrove forests in the Maldives are facing a severe threat as they succumb to rising sea levels and climate changes, according to a new study led by Northumbria University researchers and published ... more  
Drinking water outage hits half of France's MayotteMamoudzou (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 Around half the people in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte were without potable water Tuesday after a "technical incident" at a treatment plant, a local authority said in a statement. ... more |
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Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. ... more  
NISAR satellite to offer precise monitoring of Earth's surface movementsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2024 Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. Earth's surface is in a state of continuous mot ... more  
Sacred cow: coal-hungry India eyes bioenergy to cut carbonBarsana, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of energy transition by a government determined to promote biogas production to cut its dependence on coal. ... more 
Indian capital plans drone flights to combat smog crisisNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 India's capital unveiled plans Friday to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies - a plan derided by experts as another "band-aid" solution to a public health crisis. ... more |
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India's Hindus bathe in holy river defiled by pollutionNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation in India's capital. ... more |
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Spread of dengue fever in Bangladesh worries medicsDhaka (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 Bangladesh is struggling to tamp down a surge in dengue cases as climate change turns the disease into a year-round crisis, leaving some paediatric wards packed with children squeezed two to a bed. ... more  
The shifting history of North America's ancient ice sheetLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2024 Imagining a vast ice sheet sprawling over Canada and extending down into what is now the northern United States, reaching as far south as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, helps ... more
Smog sickness: India's capital struggles as pollution surgesNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2024 The toxic smog season in India's capital has just begun, but those unable to escape cancer-causing poisonous fumes say the hazardous impact on health is already taking its toll. ... more  
Paradigm Shift in Science: From Big Data to Autonomous Robot ScientistsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2024 In a recent study led by Professor Xin Li and Dr. Yanlong Guo of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers analyze how scientific research is evolving throu ... more |
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