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NEW DELHI: The number of states/UTs falling with high malaria burden in India has come down from 10 in 2015 to two in 2023, latest data shared by the health ministry shows. A state/UT is considered to have 'high burden', also referred to as category 3, if it has more than one malaria case per 1,000 population under surveillance. According to the health ministry, from 2015 to 2023, numerous states have transitioned from the higher-burden category to the significantly lower or zero-burden category. In 2015, the ministry said, 10 states and UTs were classified as high burden (Category 3), of these, in 2023 only two states (Mizoram & Tripura) remain in Category 3, whereas four states such as Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Meghalaya, have moved to Category 2. A state/UT is considered to fall under 'category 2' if it has less than 1 malaria case per 1,000 population under surveillance, but some districts have higher disease prevalence. Latest data shows four states, namely, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, MP, Arunachal, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli have moved to Category 1 - when a state has less than 1 case across all districts. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword .
For the past 14 years, Alex Vynokur, the co-founder of Betashares, has quietly built his company into one of the largest local providers of exchange-traded funds and one of the country’s fastest growing asset managers. In 2024, Betashares attracted inflows of $16 billion, lifting its total funds under management to $46 billion. “The focus for the past decade has very much been about building out the core ETF capability,” explains Vynokur. “We are now a steward of significant capital on behalf of more than 1 million Australian investors and over two-thirds of financial advisors.” Betashares now accounts for one-third of every dollar that goes into the Australian ETF industry, according to Vynokur, and is eyeing growth in Asia. Alex Vynokur, the chief executive of Betashares. Credit: Louie Douvis An ETF is a basket of securities that are pooled into one fund, which is traded on a stock exchange. An investor in an ETF doesn’t own the securities, instead owning units in the ETF, while the ETF provider owns the shares or assets. ETFs have grown in popularity with investors because they are cost-effective and offer exposure to thousands of diversified assets, such as a group of defence stocks, or the ASX200 index, or a variety of bonds. Globally, ETFs have had a banner year with more than $1 trillion invested into the sector, which is now worth an estimated $14 trillion. Vynokur and his family arrived in Australia from Ukraine more than three decades ago, at the time when ETFs launched. He was a teenager, and his family came with just a few hundred dollars in their pockets. Vynokur became a lawyer, then moved into venture capital, before co-founding Betashares with David Nathanson, also a former lawyer and investment banker, who had worked at Goldman Sachs and Macquarie. We’re definitely, very cautiously, studying opportunities outside of Australia. Alex Vynokur, Betashares co-founder As with any start-up, Vynokur and Nathanson put in enormous hours to build the company to where it is today, as Australia’s second-largest ETF provider behind market leader Vanguard. Both are now multi-millionaires, though there has been a physical cost, says 46-year-old Vynokur: “I didn’t have any grey hair 14 years ago.”The Pre-Xbox ‘Halo’ Third-Person Beta Builds Randomly Dropped and Can Be Played Now
This holiday season, just show up, for others, for the downtrodden, for yourself.
Wall Street stocks finished a low-key session little changed on Thursday as US Treasury bond yields retreated and a report pointed to higher holiday retail sales. Holiday consumer data showed a 3.8-percent increase in US retail spending from November 1 to December 24, according to a Mastercard SpendingPulse review of a key period for retailers. "Solid spending during this holiday season underscores the strength we observed from the consumer all year," said Michelle Meyer, chief economist for the Mastercard Economics Institute. Equities veered in and out of positive territory throughout the post-Christmas trading round when several overseas bourses were closed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.1 percent at 43,325. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 percent to 6,037, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 0.1 percent to 20,020. Large technology companies that have led the market in much of 2024 mostly took a breather. These included Netflix, Tesla and Amazon, all of which declined. Among individual companies, United States Steel fell 3.0 percent after would-be acquirer Nippon Steel of Japan pushed back the time-frame of its targeted acquisition to the first quarter of 2025 from the fourth quarter of 2024. The move came after a US government panel could not reach consensus on whether the transaction harmed US national security, pushing the decision to President Joe Biden, who has criticized the takeover. (AFP)None
TRAVERSE CITY — A Tech Talk will occur at 3 p.m. Nov. 25 at Peninsula Community Library. Learn about United States surveillance and China’s Social Credit System. Contact: 231-223-7700. TRAVERSE CITY — Old Mission Peninsula native Tim Carroll will answer history questions at 2 p.m. Nov. 26 at Peninsula Community Library. TRAVERSE CITY — Santa’s House will be open from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, 13 and 20. Visitors are welcome from noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 7-8, 14-15 and 21-22. The house is located at the corner of State and Cass streets. Meet Santa and drop off letters in the mailbox. ELK RAPIDS — The Downtown Elk Rapids Tree Lighting will occur at 6 p.m. Nov. 29. Santa will arrive on his sleigh. The tree is located in front of Bayfront Beach and Bike on River Street. TRAVERSE CITY — Lipstick Jodi, The Marsupials and Super Nuclear will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Alluvion. Admission is $15 at MyNorthTickets.com . NORTHPORT — The Holiday Arts and Crafts Sale is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 30 in the Village Arts Building and Willowbrook Mill. The Northport Arts Association is hosting this event. GLEN ARBOR — The Glen Arbor Holiday Market is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 30 at Glen Arbor Town Hall. More than 25 vendors will sell jewelry, home goods and other locally-made art. INTERLOCHEN — Families are invited to play games at 10 a.m. Nov. 30 at Interlochen Public Library. All ages are welcome. For more details, call 231-276-6767. GLEN ARBOR — Santa will meet kids from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 30 at the M22 Glen Arbor Wine Patio. Families can get their photo taken, too. Admission is free. PETOSKEY — The Frost and Flora Wreath Crafting Workshop will go from 1-3 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Inn at Bay Harbor. Materials are included in the $119 class fee. Space is limited. Sign up via innatbayharbor.com/events . TRAVERSE CITY — The Write Michigan Short Story Contest is open to Michigan residents until Nov. 30. Entry is $10 per adult and free for kids and teens at writemichigan.org . LELAND — Applications for the 2025 Leelanau Press Research Fellowship will be accepted until Nov. 30. A $2,500 grant award is available for research projects that emphasize Leelanau County history and culture. Recipients are asked to provide an article, book, presentation, podcast or exhibition of their project after 12 months. This final product will be placed in the Leelanau Historical Society’s collection. To apply, see https://tinyurl.com/5n93atwf . Questions: 231-256-7475; info@leelanauhistory.org . TRAVERSE CITY — Dan Smith was named Veteran of the Year 2024 by the Grand Traverse Area Veterans Coalition. The annual ceremony took place at the Traverse City American Legion Post. Smith is an Elks Lodge member and former co-chair of the Elks Lodge No. 323 Veterans Committee.