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Kashmir's Saffron Gets GI Tag |
Kashmir Valley"s Saffron has got the much-awaited geographical indication (GI) certification from the central government in a fillip to the homegrown spice, which is likely to fetch higher prices in the international markets .... read more
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Celebrating International Tiger Day 2020 |
Global Tiger Day is observed every year on July 29 to raise awareness about tiger conservation .... read more
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Delhiites Will Add 9 Years to Life if Air Pollution is Checked |
Indians on average lose 5.2 years of their life due to increased air pollution, and Delhi and Kolkata stand to gain the most if air pollution, particularly concentration of PM2.5, meets WHO standards, according to the annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) brought out by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
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Gurugram Records Huge Increase in COVID-Related Waste |
The quantity of biomedical waste related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gurugram district in Haryana has increased by 585 per cent over the past three months, showed data compiled by Biotic-the concessionaire for biomedical waste management for Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) .... read more
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Delhi"s Old Drainage System Unable to Cope With Heavy Concretization |
The Capital’s decades-old drainage system is unable to keep pace with unplanned construction, and much of its stormwater management features are either blocked or have disappeared, leading to a few hours of heavy rain triggering widespread chaos, according to several urban experts .... read more
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Lepidopterists Discover the Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince in Arunachal Pradesh |
Lepidopterists in Arunachal Pradesh have helped add two species to India"s expanding list of butterflies. One of them, the Striped Hairstreak, was first recorded by Japanese entomologists in Hainan province of China .... read more
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New Fabric Could Help Keep You Cool in the Summer |
Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10 per cent of all electricity consumption in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration
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Polar Bears Could Disappear by 2100 |
Polar bears have long been the poster child of the consequences of climate change .... read more
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Artificial Intelligence to Identify Individual Birds of Same Species |
Humans have a hard time identifying individual birds just by looking at the patterns on their plumage .... read more
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Soil Animals are Getting Smaller with Climate Change |
The biomass of small animals that decompose plants in the soil and thus maintain its fertility is declining both as a result of climate change and over-intensive cultivation .... read more
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Masks Made From Banana-Tree Species Could Help Cut COVID Plastic Waste |
Fibre from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions amid the coronavirus pandemic. .... read more
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Thawing Permafrost Reveals Woolly Mammoth Skeleton in Russia"s Arctic Lake |
Russian scientists are poring over the stunningly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the earth at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallows of a north Siberian lake .... read more
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