2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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Lucrative destination
India's retail sector's estimated worth is US $350-380 billion. About US $15 billion of this is in organised retail chains. Although the retail boom in India started quite late, the growth rate in the past two years has been very high
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IN FOCUS
The Clinton administration has suffered yet another setback in its crusade to protect the forests in the US northwest from marauding timber merchants. On September 14, district court judge
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Micro organisms can detect minute changes in their environment
How they detect minute changes in their environment
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Pesticides in US farmworkers' children
evidence has been found of pesticide exposure in small children (1-6 year olds) of farm-workers in the us, say researchers at the Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Led by Thomas Arcury,
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Low flow
Less water will now be needed while you use the toilet. The US government has passed a law restricting toilet flushes to a maximum of 1.6 gallons (about 7 .3Iitres} per flush. Eljer Industries
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Retro clean
The greening of an industrial gas turbine
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SMOKY DEAL
In a significant move, five states in the us agreed last month to end state suits against the LiggettGroup, a tobacco firm. The states had filed a lawsuit against the company to recover some of
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Whiff of a mine
The killing fields would never be the same again, thanks to the new-age mine detonating sensors, deve loped by Omnitech Robotics of Colorado, US. Rollers of a M60A3 Panther tank are fitted with high
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Down to Earth
How to get those malfunctioning satellites back home?
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Foreign invasion
How the West is trying to steal what is ours