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Smartwatches and cool roofs help Indian neighborhoods battle deadly heat
Environmental Health News
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May 5, 2025
As early, extreme heat grips Ahmedabad, India, residents of a low-income neighborhood are using smartwatches and reflective paint to measure and mitigate heat’s toll on their health. Sibi Arasu reports for The Associated Press. In short: Over 200...
In India, smartwatches to help the poorest survive extreme heat
Entrevue
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May 6, 2025
In Ahmedabad, in western India, the sun is already blazing by 10 a.m. For Sapnaben Chunara, a 30-year-old mother of three, the hottest hours of the day are spent in the shade of a drought-tolerant neem tree. Her tin-roofed home, like those of...
PACIFIC TOURISM ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH PNG TPA
PNG Haus Bung
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May 9, 2025
The South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO), in partnership with the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), has released Papua New Guinea’s first Business Confidence Index (BCI) report. This report provides valuable insights into...
Pacific Tourism releases PNG’s first business index survey
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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May 9, 2025
THE Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with the Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA), has released Papua New Guinea’s first Business Confidence Index (BCI) report. This report provides valuable insights into business outlook and...
Sustaining Nature; Sustaining Culture: The Anthropology Of Resource Management In The Pacific And Caribbean
New Spotlight Nepal
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Reviving Traditional Island Resource Management The Anthropology of natural resource management (NRM) in the Pacific and the Caribbean underscores the complex relationship among community structures, cultural practices, and environmental...
Daily Blog Backs Compulsory Military Service
Scoop
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The Daily Blog, which supports New Zealand’s opposition Labour and Green Parties, published an article on May 5 enthusiastically endorsing right-wing New Zealand Herald columnist Matthew Hooton’s proposal for compulsory military training. Writing...
Pacific news in brief for 18 March
RNZ
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March 18, 2025
Photo: 123rf.com Fiji - health Authorities are yet to find out what caused the illness of a group of tourists who were hospitalised on the Coral Coast in December. Seven tourists became severely ill after drinking cocktails at a five-star resort....
New Zealand’s Daily Blog backs compulsory military service
World Socialist Web Site
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May 8, 2025
The Daily Blog, which supports New Zealand’s opposition Labour and Green Parties, published an article on May 5 enthusiastically endorsing right-wing New Zealand Herald columnist Matthew Hooton’s proposal for compulsory military training. New...
In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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May 1, 2025
Photo: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki A wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities is worn by Shantaben Vanzara at her house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. It’s a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is...
Indian city uses smartwatches to track impct of deadly heat
Euronews
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It’s a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts of the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Sapnaben Chunara, a 30-year-old mother of three, has just finished her morning chores. She seeks respite from the heat in the...
ADB steps us presence in the Pacific – opening new office…
Pacific News Service
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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy The Asia Development Bank (ADB) is stepping up its presence in the Pacific to be closer its 12 Pacific Developing Member Countries. Apart from Suva, Port Moresby and Sydney, ADB will set up a fully...
How a coat of paint is protecting the health of some of this city’s poorest residents
The Independent
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March 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Survey finds ‘significant’ mental distress in Samoa
Samoa Observer
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Research in Samoa and Tonga highlights an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific, says University of Auckland Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga. The surveys conducted in 2023 offer the first comprehensive national data on...
Dr Paul R P Allsworth: The passport saga and the rising dragon
Cook Island News
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March 14, 2025
Constitutional arrangement between the realm member states, Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau and our realm parent, New Zealand. PAUL ALLSWORTH/25031308 The Cook Islands passport saga with New Zealand and the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement...
PNG Tourism launches Business Confidence Survey Report
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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May 7, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) and the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) have jointly released Papua New Guinea’s inaugural Business Confidence Index (BCI) report, offering crucial insights into the current business...
SI USP students dub JENESY Program as ‘eye-opening’
Solomon Star
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March 11, 2025
TWO Solomon Islands University of the South Pacific (USP) Laucala Campus third year Environmental (Earth) Science students Michelle Fifiri and Glenford Iamaea participated in the JENESY Program 2024 spoke highly about it as an ‘eye-opening.’...
What happens if int’l students who infuse millions into local economies stay home?
Akron Legal News
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BARNET SHERMAN Boston University Published: May 7, 2025 (THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration has recently revoked the visas of more than 1,300 foreign college students – detainingsome – and launched immigration enforcement actions on...
Unitec And MIT Celebrate More Than 20 Years With ASB Polyfest
Scoop
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Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 1:40 pm Press Release: Unitec Tāmaki Makaurau vocational education providers are partnering to mark the 50th anniversary of the Auckland schools’ Pacific cultural festival. Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology have...
Digital tools for disaster resilience: Papua New Guinea officials complete key training
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Government officials and stakeholders from across Papua New Guinea gathered in early March for specialised training aimed at strengthening the nation's disaster preparedness and response capabilities. The five-day workshop, held from 3-7 March at...
Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day
Asia Pacific Report
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May 5, 2025
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning society — including the Pacific. Held annually on May 3, World Press Freedom Day prompts...