Last year, a 75-year-old woman was caught in a blaze while tending to her fields in a Himachal village. The district as a whole reported 239 outbreaks of fire in 2024. A study of forest fires rising from 8,430 fires in 2005 to 104,500 in 2021. www.indiaspend.com/climate-chan...

Good idea to increase incentives so people actually help rather than gawk and film tragedies on smartphones.. Should be a CSR effort too and expand to all injured, by accident or otherwise..

Episode 476 of The Core Report with financial journalist @govindraj.bsky.social is out. Here are the top stories and themes of the day. Listen to the full episode for the latest developments and insights: ▶️https://lnkfi.re/tcr

Poverty alleviation in India is transient. Between 2011-12 and 2022-24, according to one study, while 18.1% of households moved out of poverty, 5.3% fell back into it. www.indiaspend.com/poverty/snak...

How does Maruti continue to control over 40% of India’s automotive sector? The answer lies in the groundwork it laid 30–40 years ago, Rajendra Srivastava, former Dean of the Indian School of Business, tells @govindraj.bsky.social as they discuss the dangers of short-term thinking in business.

ICYMI: What explains Ashwin's abrupt exit from Indian cricket? Prem Panicker writes in this edition of The Playbook. theplaybook.thecore.in/p/a-cricket-... "No player—certainly not one with Ashwin's proven abilities—deserves to live from match to match, uncertain whether he will even get to play."

As 2024 ends, 16 critical Indian datasets are delayed, 9 ministries yet to release annual reports & Census is now 3 years behind, including 2021 Covid year. www.indiaspend.com/data-gaps/cr...

India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who liberalised the economy and then led the country through a period of strong economic growth, has died aged 92. Read our full obituary: www.ft.com/content/0eeb...

A Mumbai-based couple became victims of a WhatsApp account hack after a deceptive message. #Cybersecurity experts advise enabling two-factor authentication and contacting #WhatsApp support immediately if an account is hacked. www.boomlive.in/decode/locke...

The war on arithmetic begins paulkrugman.substack.com/p/masayoshi-...

Jharkhand’s Jumbo Trouble open.substack.com/pub/indiaspe...

new: DC court denies TikTok's request for a temporary freeze of the sale-or-ban law. this surprised several legal experts i've been in touch with. now it'll try its luck with the Supreme Court, as Jan. 19 looms: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...

"People who once hunted snow leopards to protect their livestock now welcome them into their villages," says WWF's Rishi Sharma. "The shift has come through ecotourism & conservation programmes that make people see snow leopards as a valuable resource." www.indiaspend.com/climate-chan...

At the time of electrocution, the Divisional Forest Officer had ordered a probe. “It was an unfortunate incident. A few months later we found that Hindustan Copper had not followed the set guidelines, and that lapses on their part had resulted in the accident." www.indiaspend.com/development/...

"I work with fire. But this has been the hottest ever, even for me,” says Harilal Rajput, squinting in the blazing midday sun. Rajput, 41, works at a brick kiln near the town of Danapur on the outskirts of Patna in eastern India. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The yen carry trade — an investment strategy that blew up in spectacular fashion this year — is regaining popularity

A functional PSA plant is a certain source of oxygen and, for remote hospitals, it is the only source when logistics fail or demand rises to unprecedented levels as we saw during the pandemic. www.indiaspend.com/health/why-i...

"No organ system is spared from the effects of air pollution, and more Indians are getting lung cancer because of it": thoracic surgeon Dr Arvind Kumar www.indiaspend.com/indiaspend-i...

Decoding the Indian consumer! @govindraj.bsky.social thecoredaily.thecore.in/p/indians-ti...

How Shanghai’s ambition of being the ‘future of finance’ fell apart https://www.ft.com/content/fee4b7ca-5fee-430c-bccc-f79fd7a697af

A man acquitted of charges had petitioned #DelhiHighCourt to mask his name in orders. Recognising the right to privacy, which includes the "right to be forgotten", the court allowed him to request platforms and search engines to anonymise the judgment. www.boomlive.in/web-stories/...

A strong dollar is pushing down currencies across Asia including India making it even more expensive to visit America..bottomline, the best value travel and vacations are in Asia now..

How the year 2016 was a start point for India's digital financial infrastructure journey... www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

The Facebook page looked perfect - pro photos of children on fashion runways, glowing testimonials from parents. For Vidushi, a mother scrolling through social media, it seemed like this was the breakthrough that her 9-year-old daughter and she were waiting for. www.boomlive.in/decode/insid...

🆕🚨Scammers are setting up fake Facebook pages of a Chandigarh kids' modelling agency, luring parents who hope to fulfil the modelling dreams of their kids. Then they target desperate families with Telegram investment scams. Hera Rizwan reports #Scams #ScamAlert www.boomlive.in/decode/insid...

Heat-related mortality in people older than 65 years increased by a record-breaking 167% compared with the 1990s, the 2024 Lancet Countdown said. www.indiaspend.com/climate-chan...

Hong Kong sentences 45 democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison https://www.ft.com/content/aeb83a5c-9e7b-4665-8908-51ea6bea98c9

“I was freelance editing for a food news publication at the time so I listed my profession as a journalist. I didn’t think much about it because my speciality was in food and dining,” she recalls. After a series of additional questions, her visa was rejected. www.thecore.in/business/ind...

“We are disappointed as doctors refused to operate on her,” says Norbu, member of a pastoralist tribe. “They are saying she is anaemic. Why is that a problem? All of us are & it cannot be changed overnight. It is difficult & costly to travel 100 km over and over..” www.indiaspend.com/health/how-l...

India is reported to have 573,220 prisoners, based on latest 2023 data. The majority of them--more than three in four--are undertrials and 30% are educated below grade X. India has added 11 prisons since 2021 and they were filled to 131% of capacity. www.indiaspend.com/governance/w...