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Stock markets rally for 2nd day; Sensex climbs 567 pts on gains in metal, auto shares

Mumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) Benchmark Sensex climbed 567 points and Nifty closed near 23,600 in their second consecutive day of gains on Tuesday, boosted by a rally in metal and auto shares and a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 567.99 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 76,070.84. During the day, it surged 801.41 points or 1.06 per cent to 76,304.26. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 172.35 points or 0.74 per cent to end at 23,581.15. From the 30-Sensex firms, Eternal surged the most by 5.70 per cent. Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharat

Inactivity in a warming world could spur hundreds of thousands of deaths

In a warming world, playground slides grow too hot for children, a jog becomes punishing for adults trying to get fit and an evening stroll feels unbearable for older adults. Climate change is exacerbating physical inactivity with dire consequences, driving potentially hundreds of thousands of premature deaths worldwide by 2050, according to a study published Monday in Lancet Global Health. The research adds to an emerging body of scientific literature scrutinizing the far-reaching health effects of rising temperatures driven by greenhouse gas emissions. While researchers have been able to document how climate change kills people directly — with workers succumbing

Iran renews attacks on US Gulf allies, Trump says that was not expected

March 17 (Reuters) – Iran launched fresh attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the kind of retaliatory strikes on U.S. ​Gulf allies that President Donald Trump said had not been expected, but which sources said he had been warned about before the conflict. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week with ‌at least 2,000 people dead and no end in sight. The critical Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed off, with U.S. allies rebuffing Trump’s request for help to reopen the critical waterway, raising energy prices and fears of inflation. There was no let-up in

Writing professor’s new task in age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle

Wellesley, Mar 17 (The Conversation) I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now part of an interdisciplinary team at Babson College thinking about how AI is impacting education, industry and society. But that does not mean I am all in on AI – nor am I anti-AI. I am pro-learning. As my co-authors and I argue in a forthcoming book on realizing the promise of higher education, even the most powerful tools

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