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About 160 firefighters battling a blaze in British Columbia’s Interior have pulled out of their camp after they were subjected to what the BC Wildfire Service calls “persistent bear activity.”

climate change will make extreme weather events occur more often. When they do, power and cellphone service often fail. But that doesn’t mean your tech won’t be important or useful.

Uttarakhand government will conduct a comprehensive survey of disaster-prone cities and towns, tenders for which have been invited, officials said. Director of Uttarakhand Landslide Mitigation and Management Centre Shantanu Sarkar said tenders will be verified after monsoon and work on the survey could take time. «Right now we have started the process which is at the planning stage.

Reuters, the fires, which ravaged a significant portion of the Maui resort town of Lahaina last week, resulted in a tragic loss of 110 lives. During the visit, Biden will personally witness the extent of the damage and hold discussions with first responders, survivors, and various governmental representatives at the federal, state, and local levels, The White House said in a statement. "I remain committed to delivering everything the people of Hawaii need as they recover from this disaster," Biden said in a post on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.

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A United Nations report says the Asia-Pacific region needs to drastically increase its investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change

New Delhi: Over the past few years, financing for disaster risk reduction has been completely transformed in India and a predictable mechanism is in place for financing, not just for disaster response but also disaster mitigation, preparedness and recovery, said Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P. K.

Working Group commenced here on Monday with Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, P K Mishra emphasising the importance of structured mechanism to finance disaster risk reduction. Over the last few years, India has completely transformed the way disaster risk reduction is financed, he said.

Uttarakhand caused by heavy rainfall, MakeMyTrip Foundation initiated the immediate deployment of ₹5 crore towards the relief efforts, the company said in an official statement.  The Foundation will work with a network of on-ground partners, government bodies, experts, NGOs, and locals to help operationalize immediate relief efforts, the statement read.  “There is an urgent need to send essential resources to aid the people of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as they grapple with the extensive damages caused by the recent flooding," said Deep Kalra, Founder and Chairman, of MakeMyTrip and Trustee of MakeMyTrip Foundation.   “The current situation in these mountain states is trying, and requires a collective effort by each and every one of us.

₹7,532 crore to 22 state governments under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). “In the wake of heavy rains across the country, the guidelines have been relaxed and the amount has been released as immediate assistance to states without waiting for the utilisation certificate of the amount provided to the states in the last financial year," the ministry of finance said. The state disaster response fund (SDRF) has been constituted in each state under Section 48 (1) (a) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

Insurance giant IAG will wear bigger upfront damage bills from wild weather strikes and earthquakes under new terms cut for its own reinsurance protection.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened with much hype as the last film of the franchise starring Harrison Ford. The film was expected to make opening weekend collections of up to $85 million. However, Indiana Jones 5 is a disaster in the making. Here’s the Box Office report of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and a comparison to similar big franchise releases. Post its release on June 30, 2023, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny collected only $82 million in five days. The new generation viewers or even families did not throng to the theaters to watch it even on the Fourth of July holiday. Considering Indian Jones and the Dial of Destiny was made at a budget of $295 million, it needs some good numbers to make a profit at the ticket window. The only good thing is the comparison with other disastrous Fourth of July films, where Indian Jones’ 2023 film stands better. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback movie Terminator Genisys had made just $42.4 million in its first five days.Superman Returns also did not make money as expected around a July 4 release, collecting $76 million in five days. The reason for the failure of these epic franchises, including Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny now, could be because their earlier fanatic viewers are now older, and the youngsters don’t care for these series much. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is more competition coming in the next few weeks, with Mission: Impossible 7, Barbie, and Oppenheimer releasing in theaters.

As the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem grows in size and influence, the question of how to best govern DeFi protocols has taken center stage. In crypto-native circles, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are far and away the most popular governance structures.

The Sand Dollar, a digital version of the Bahamian dollar, is in a tight spot within the island nation following the unprecedented collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Up to a dozen people are still being sought on Sunday on the Italian island of Ischia following mudslides that have left at least one person dead.

The cryptocurrency tide is flowing out, and it looks more and more like Digital Currency Group (DCG) has been skinny dipping. But let’s be clear: The current crypto contagion isn’t a failure of crypto as a technology or long-term investment. DCG’s problem is one of failure by regulators and gatekeepers.

Changpeng Zhao, founder of dominant crypto platform Binance, has made a series of proposals in recent days, seeking to restore order to the digital-currency universe following the collapse of rival FTX.

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Within a matter of weeks, the Ethereum blockchain is going to undergo the Merge, in one of the biggest and riskiest upgrades in the industry's history: a switch from a Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm to Proof-of-Stake.