New Delhi: Over 90 per cent of the global deaths per year linked to air pollution from landscape fires were in low and middle-income countries, including India, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The findings highlighted geographic and socioeconomic inequalities in how landscape fires affect public health, an international team of researchers, including those from Monash University, …
Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers trying to get the flames under control in the face of high winds and scorching summer temperatures, government ministries said Monday. In addition, the Defense Ministry later announced 10 soldiers were killed and 25 injured as they fought fires in the resort area of Beni Ksila east of the …
Earlier this week, at least six people including security forces personnel were killed and 17 others sustained injuries on the Pakistan side of the Durand Line due to firing by the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan’s Chaman district Chaman : Several casualties were reported on the Pakistan side when Taliban forces fired rockets into Pakistani territory at Chaman on the Durand …
Amid record-high inflation and a looming threat of recession, Zomato, the food ordering app, has laid off employees across functions, including technology, product and marketing, reported Livemint. Co-founder Mohit Gupta resigns, third high-profile exit in recent days The report about the layoff comes three days after its co-founder Mohit Gupta stepped down in the third major exit of a senior …
LAPD Officer Drake Madison posts images of suspects before LAPD Deputy Chief Kris Pitcher presides over a news conference to announce efforts by the multi-agency SAFE LA Task Force to find suspects involved in “significant crimes. “Individuals should not have to have their constitutionally protected rights hijacked by individuals committing criminal activity.” LAPD Deputy Chief Kris Pitcher presides over a …