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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk Get ready for tens of millions of climate refugees In 2006, the British economist Nicholas Stern warned that one of the biggest dangers of climate change would be mass migration. "Climate-related shocks have sparked violent conflict in the past," he wrote, "and conflict is a serious risk in areas such as West Africa, the Nile Basin, and Central Asia." More than a decade later we're still trying to create models that might tell us where people might move, and when. Last year a report for the World Bank, the first to model migration due to climate change on a large scale, estimated that as many as 143 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America could have to relocate within their countries by 2050. Continued here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the top insight! 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But both opportunities and pitfalls lie ahead for the eyewear company as it seeks to execute ambitious plans. Fall of a unicorn: Can ShopClues find a white knight to claw back lost turf from Flipkart and Amazon? Three years since its headline-grabbing fundraise, ShopClues' journey has changed course for the worse. The online shopping platform, run by Gurugram-based Clues Network, has of late been surviving on bridge rounds, with its existing backers throwing in a lifeline. But with a large base of upwardly-mobile customers and a huge data trove on their buying habits, ShopClues has reasons to be optimistic, as India's tier II market remains underpenetrated. Lakshmi Vilas Bank, under PCA, says making efforts to improve health The bank said it is exploring various avenues for raising capital to shore up its capital adequacy ratio.LVB reassured all customers that it can transact normal business and there are no restrictions on operations by depositors 6 factors that are holding down Indian aviation As India continues to emerge towards playing a dominant role globally, its aviation sector cannot be overlooked. Especially as this sector acts as a growth multiplier including economic output, jobs and trade — all enabled via better connectivity.Get latest Aviation online at cnbctv18.com A chunk of PMC's loans under probe linked to HDIL promoters, states FIR NEARLY HALF of Rs 4,635 cr loans likely to have been transferred to Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawans accounts, with rest borrowed by 7 entities linked to group, finds probe DHFL lenders led by SBI expected to complete debt resolution plan quickly The company had floated draft resolution plan according to which, it has assumed a price of Rs 54 per share for debt conversion into equity by lenders to acquire 51 per cent in the company. Who are the most powerful businesswomen in India? Women working in media and entertainment feature heavily in this year's list of those making an impact in corporate India. Bandhan Bank overcomes all regulatory hurdles for merger with Gruh Finance Bandhan Bank has received the certified copy of the NCLT order on Monday, Managing Director Chandra Shekhar Ghosh told ET. Best first-day sales ever, say Amazon and Flipkart Flipkart claims that it registered 2X sales growth on day one of the latest festive sales compared to last year's opening day sales.Amazon didn't mention any numbers, but said 66% of the Prime members who shopped with them came from small towns This Indian Ice-cream Brand Aims a Turnover of INR 500 crore In the Next 5 Years Having grown more than five-fold in the last 10 years, the home-grown company is betting on country-wide expansion and re-branding to reach greater heights. Canara, Corporation Bank, others introduce repo linked loan products With banks launching this product, rates for home, car and personal loans will come down. How start-ups will lead India through the Fourth Industrial Revolution As the Fourth Industrial Revolution continues at full steam, the entire world must prioritize job creation and the retraining of the current workforce in order to prepare for the digital age. Currently, one in five working individuals says their professional skills are not up-to-date, as robots, machine learning and automation proliferate in the workplace. The unfortunate truth is that technology is going to replace some jobs - experts suggest as many as 40% of jobs around the world will disappear in the next 15 years. The threat of job displacement is especially large for countries like India, where an enormous percentage of the population is of working age. Indeed, according to census data, the vast majority (more than 63% in 2011) of Indians are between the ages of 15-59. That's a massive amount of jobs to both fend off what is sure to be an impending unemployment crisis and to create new opportunities to bring young people into the workforce. Continued here

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