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UNEP: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing https://www.unep.org/resources/global-foresight-report Will India be uninhabitable by 2035? Richard Mahapatra https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/will-india-be-uninhabitable-by-2035 18 Jul 2024 A critical new report by the UN has revealed some staggering statistics and forecasts about forced displacement and climate change . one such study: “Scientists projected that over the coming 50 years, up to three billion people could be living well outside climate conditions (and particularly temperature) that have served humanity over the past 6,000 years, and worse, that by 2070, absent climate mitigation or migration, certain regions—Northern South America, central Africa, India and northern Australia—could simply become too hot to allow human life.” Future of the human climate niche https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910114117 In the current climate emergency, reports are already showing evidence of internal migration caused by extreme climatic events. Whether these are precursors to a planetary movement of humans will only be established much later.

Facial recognition and AI monitoring deployed in India’s largest railway network https://www.activistpost.com/2024/07/facial-recognition-and-ai-monitoring-deployed-in-indias-largest-railway-network.html JULY 21, 2024 South Korean video surveillance manufacturer is providing Indian Railways, Asia’s largest rail network, with a 4K camera system equipped with integrated AI video analytics and facial recognition technology from Herta Security...Herta Security’s facial recognition algorithms provide real-time identification and alerts to persons-of-interest. IDIS’s configurable deep learning analytics system analyzes motion, loitering, abandoned object detection and line crossing.

July 2024: A Worker killed at Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh https://sandrp.in/2024/07/21/july-2024-a-worker-killed-at-dibang-multipurpose-project-in-arunachal-pradesh/ July 21, 2024 While, The Assam Tribune report (July 16) mentions the casualty was a result of tunnel collapse in which the worker was working, report in The Arunachal Times (July 18) reports that the death occurred at CcVT site “due to a loose fall”. The report further reads “General Manager (GM), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) confirmed that there was no caving of tunnel or landslide. “The victim was working at the site when a loose rock fell and hit him on his head. He succumbed to his injuries while being transported to the nearest hospital,” he informed.” A report in India Today NE (July 18) repeats the same. https://www.indiatodayne.in/arunachal-pradesh/story/arunachal-worker-killed-in-under-construction-nhpcs-dibang-multipurpose-worksite-1052238-2024-07-18