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Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora urges urgent modernization of digital defenses. He states that $1 trillion in outdated systems cannot stop machine-speed attacks. Businesses need robust cybersecurity before successfully rolling out artificial intelligence. Arora noted that AI’s impact on cybersecurity is a long-term growth driver. This technological shift requires significant enterprise budget reallocation over…

In an interaction with Kshitij Anand of ETMarkets, Advani also discusses why NRIs remain under-allocated to Indian equities, how they should choose between NRE and NRO accounts, the role of REITs and InvITs, and how a ₹1 crore NRI portfolio could be structured for a 5–7-year investment horizon.

A groundbreaking study has unveiled that taxonomic advancements have reshaped worldwide biodiversity maps over the last century. While reptile and amphibian diversity has markedly changed, bird and mammal distributions have remained mostly unchanged. Australia and Southeast Asia have been identified as key biodiversity hotspots for these groups. Moreover, factors influencing species richness are also shifting,…