Category: Environment

Nano fertiliser promotes plant growth sans polluting water bodies

By K.S.Jayaraman Bengaluru, May 31 (IANS) Indian-origin researchers in the US have shown that zinc nanoparticles can substitute nitrogen and…

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Why global warming hasn’t touched Antarctic Ocean

New York, May 31 (IANS) While the world continues to grapple under the effects of global warming, researchers have found…

9 years ago

Big dams worldwide causing extinction of species: Study

London, May 31 (IANS) Despite being hailed as conservation sanctuaries that protect species from hunting and deforestation, reservoir islands created…

9 years ago

Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature…

9 years ago

Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature…

9 years ago

How Thai research can help in Clean India mission

By Bajinder Pal Singh Bangkok, May 31 (IANS) As India grapples with an immense and seemingly insurmountable sanitation crisis, a…

9 years ago

94 percent willing to be part e-commerce packaging reuse, says survey

New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) With e-commerce rapidly growing in India, a survey has said that 94 per cent people…

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Humankind custodians of the planet: Pope

Vatican City, May 30 (IANS/AKI) Men and women are the "stewards" of the earth, not its "masters", Pope Francis said…

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Pre-monsoon showers cool India, to stay for two more days

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Pre-monsoon showers continue to provide respite from heat in the north and east India and…

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‘New Indian technology for waterless tanning can save rivers’

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) With its breakthrough technology on waterless tanning for leather processing, the Central Leather Research Institute…

9 years ago

AoL accuses NGT panel of bias, seeks its reconstitution

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL) foundation headed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday accused…

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Rain hits normal life in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, May 30 (IANS) Normal life was disrupted in Uttarakhand as rains battered most parts of the hill state on…

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Activists take ‘sand bath’ to protest Yamuna water crisis

Agra, May 30 (IANS) River activists here on Monday organised "sand bath" to draw attention towards lack of water in…

9 years ago

Banning diesel vehicles doesn’t have scientific basis: Parrikar

Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Banning diesel cars is a "senseless direction" and bereft of scientific merit, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar…

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Delhi gets rain, respite from heat for two days more

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Delhi residents on Monday got a respite from the hot weather due to intermittent pre-monsoon…

9 years ago

‘Raising safety standards in n-power plants top priority’

Moscow, May 30 (IANS) Raising the safety standards in nuclear power plants remains a top priority for all operators, says…

9 years ago

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: Bad weather hampering evacuation

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Bad weather is hampering evacuation of pilgrims from the Nepalganj-Simikot-Hilsa route of the Kailash Mansarovar…

9 years ago

Parrikar raises stink over garbage, toilet audits

Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday that garbage management is one of the major scams…

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Bundelkhand could become another Rajasthan desert: Rajendra Singh

Chhatarpur, May 30 (IANS) The drought-affected Bundelkhand region is well on its way to becoming another Rajasthan desert if drought…

9 years ago

Tibet plans new wetland nature reserve

Lhasa, May 30 (IANS) The Tibetan government is planning to establish a new nature reserve in 88,000 hectares of wetland,…

9 years ago



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