As the world realises the inherent seriousness of climate change, the use of plastic has been recognised as one of the greatest environmental and health hazards of the 21st century. Now, exceeding the biomass of all land and marine animals combined, plastic waste has long-term implications on all aspects of the ecosystem, be it land, oceans or the atmosphere. Plastics also account for over 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions...
World Health Organization estimates that India will suffer economic losses amounting to a staggering 1.03 trillion dollars from mental health conditions between 2012 and 2030. The raging COVID-19 pandemic has hedged people inside their homes for the last two years, nurturing within it a long-standing silent pandemic – of mental health.
Amazon Web Services, subsidiary of e-commerce giant Amazon Inc., on Wednesday said it has trained over 2 million individuals in skills linked to myriad areas of cloud computing, ever since introducing its first such programme in India in 2017. It has worked with government-aided bodies, educational institutes and corporate organizations to achieve this milestone, which has included first-time learners and mid-career professionals alike.