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SciencePhoto: TOI WorldA recent report reveals that the Amazon has lost 97 million hectares of primary forest by 2025, mainly due to human activities like land clearing and fires. This loss disrupts moisture pathways during dry seasons, threatening the ecosystem. The situation may worsen with a strong El Niño expected in late 2026, increasing fire risks further.
TOI World·
PoliticsPhoto: The HinduThe Highways Department has called for consultants to prepare a detailed project report for an elevated corridor running from Lighthouse to Thiru Vi Ka Bridge. The corridor will pass via Santhome High Road, Greenways Road, and Durgabai Deshmukh Road. It will feature two lanes for the first 1.8 km and four lanes for the remaining stretch. The project is expected to take two years to complete.
The Hindu··Chennai
PoliticsPhoto: News18 WorldHeavily armed men attacked Trade Gate 250 in Rimdan on the Pakistan-Iran border, torching dozens of trucks carrying fresh fruit. The assault caused multi-million-rupee losses for regional merchants amid ongoing trade disruptions. Intense firefights broke out between attackers and security forces, causing panic and emergency responses. The attack worsens an already fragile trade situation with severe bottlenecks and financial losses in Balochistan's import-export sector.
News18 World··Rimdan
BusinessPhoto: ET TechMeta Platforms and other leading tech companies saw investor sell-offs after Meta announced plans to issue a new class of shares to raise funds. This move highlights the steep expenses involved in building data centers and infrastructure to support the growing AI industry, impacting major players in the AI trade.
ET Tech·
TechnologyPhoto: Economic TimesThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed financial institutions to enhance cybersecurity by removing management and administrative interfaces from public internet access. It mandates multi-factor authentication for administrative access and restricting cloud and backend system access on a least-privilege basis. RBI also requires auditing of source code, repositories, configuration files, client applications, and cloud storage for exposed credentials, with immediate rotation and purging of compromised credentials.
Economic Times·
HealthPhoto: Hindu HealthFrench health authorities announced the first human case of the Shamonda virus, previously known only to affect livestock in Africa and Asia. The virus was detected in a severely immunocompromised patient who died earlier in October 2026. The Health and Agriculture Ministries stated there is no health risk to the general public, describing the case as exceptional.
Hindu Health··Paris
TOI World·
Photo: TOI WorldA recent report reveals that the Amazon has lost 97 million hectares of primary forest by 2025, mainly due to human activities like land clearing and fires. This loss disrupts moisture pathways during dry seasons, threatening the ecosystem. The situation may worsen with a strong El Niño expected in late 2026, increasing fire risks further.
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