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Global depression and sovereign default are top of risk list

Economic depression remains the leading global economic risk, followed by the risk of sovereign default, according to a ranking of the top 15 extreme risks by consultants Towers Watson. The threat of hyperinflation follows in third place. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Global stocks fall as Europe bond relief fades

A European Central Bank pledge to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds slashed the two countries’ borrowing costs but most global stock markets sank again on Monday following the downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor’s. Eur [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

The global resurgence of infectious diseases

Despite all the medical advances and breakthroughs in research, immunisation and medical treatment over the last half century, we still remain extraordinarily vulnerable to infectious disease. In fact infectious diseases are undergoing a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

W.H.O. and Bloomberg Open Global Antismoking Project

Tobacco could kill up to a billion people during the 21st century, as cigarette sales soar in poor and middle-income countries even as they drop in wealthier ones, says a report issued Thursday by the World Health Organization. The r [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Global warming and disease

As temperatures rise due to global warming the incidence of disease could also go up. Insects are very vulnerable to climate change, due to this disease bearing insects are also likely to be affected by the changes. Malaria for exam [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Global Warming

Global Warming: Higher temperature threaten dangerous consequences like drought, diseases, floods, lost ecosystems, and from sweltering heat to rising seas, global warming effects have already begun but solutions are in sight, we know wher [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Global warming could cause terrible water shortage, says Nob...

Steven Chu shared the Nobel Prize winner in Physics a decade ago. He said that the growth in global warming could cause severe shortage of water in cities. "(Water) is probably the first thing that will hit home," Chu said. " [...]