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Stock Market Highlights, January 12: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, said the US and India will hold trade talks on Tuesday. Additionally, the Union Budget will be presented on Sunday, February 1.

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The trilateral defense talks come in the wake of a cease-fire between Pakistan and India that ended a four-day military clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors in May

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India faces the second highest economic burden due to diabetes of USD 11.4 trillion -- the United States bears the highest costs at USD 16.5 trillion, and China the third at USD 11 trillion, a new study has estimated.
Researchers, including those from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria, calculated the economic impact of diabetes across 204 countries from 2020 to 2050.
Global costs amount to around USD 10 trillion, excluding informal care provided by family members -- about 0.2 per cent of the world's annual gross domestic product (GDP), findings published in the journal Nature Medicine show.
Factoring in informal care amounts to up to USD 152 trillion, or 1.7 per cent of the world's yearly GDP, the study estimates.
"Caregivers often drop out of the labour market, at least partially, which creates additional economic costs," author Klaus Prettner, professor of macroeconomics and digitalisation at th

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Press Trust of India

A solar park spread over 82.94 acres with a capacity of 51,966 megawatt-hours and electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities across 20 per cent of the parking area will anchor the green infrastructure of the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Monday.
According to an official statement, the airport will operate with extensive use of renewable energy and electric mobility, with all vehicles deployed for airside operations to be 100 per cent electric and supported by multiple charging points installed at different locations on the campus.
The state government said the Jewar airport is being developed on a net-zero concept in collaboration with Zurich Airport Group and has already achieved the distinction of becoming India's first IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Green Campus-certified airport.
According to the statement, the terminal building has been specially designed to ensure minimal consumption of energy, water and resources.
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