Category: Environment

SC rejects plea on pet coke, furnace oil usage in NCR

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea for the recall of its order banning…

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Delhi-NCR air quality drops, may worsen as stubble burning increases

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) With stubble burning increasing in neighbouring states and wind speed dropping, air quality in Delhi…

8 years ago

Delhi transport minister reviews electric buses

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday reviewed the use of electric buses, which the…

8 years ago

UN asked to declare 2018 as International Year of Millets

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has sent a proposal to United Nations for declaring…

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Indian bio-fuel market to grow to Rs 1 lakh crore: Pradhan

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednseday said the country's nascent bio-fuel industry has the…

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Manali freezes at minus 0.4 degrees

Shimla, Nov 22 (IANS) Popular tourist destination Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday saw the mercury drop below the freezing…

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Bengal youth arrested after posting pics of eating civet

Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) A youth in West Bengal, who had posted photographs of feasting on a civet, in social…

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ISRO, CMFRI join hands to help identify fishing zones

Kochi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will now help Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)…

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Air pollution may lower your sperm quality

Hong Kong, Nov 22 (IANS) Men who regularly get exposed to air pollution may be at an increased risk of…

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Misty Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature…

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Sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir, Leh coldest

Srinagar, Nov 22 (IANS) Night temperatures throughout the valley dropped below freezing point on Wednesday as Srinagar witnessed its coldest…

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Black bears come back from certain extinction in US’ Nevada

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) After a gap for over 80 years, the black bear has returned to Nevada's Great…

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Review of draft medicinal plant policy on Wednesday

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Union Ministry of AYUSH will hold a review meeting to examine the draft of…

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Waste management need of the hour: Minister

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said waste management is the "need…

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Delhi-NCR air quality near ‘severe’ as stubble burning increases

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi and NCR worsened further on Tuesday due to an increase…

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Tiger poacher convicted, sentenced to three-year jail

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Notorious tiger poacher Bhima was on Tuesday convicted and awarded three-year imprisonment in a 2012…

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Paddy straw-based power plant technology introduced

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Punjab -based Sampurn Agri Ventures (SAVPL) has introduced a biogas-based power plant operating on paddy…

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This device could power homes, cars with clean hydrogen

New York, Nov 21 (IANS) Researchers have developed a novel two-in-one device that uses solar energy to not only make…

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N-energy part of green energy balance: IAEA

By Vishav Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS) Nuclear energy is not the opposite of the green and renewable energy and there…

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Delhi air quality may worsen: Minister

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday said the city's air quality may worsen and directed…

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