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PM Modi Launches Catch the Rain Campaign |
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has said that India's development and self-reliance is dependent on water security and water connectivity..... read more
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Rejuvenation Project to Save Water at Cubbon Park |
Making Cubbon Park self-reliant for water, the Horticulture Department has recently inaugurated its ambitious Cubbon Park Rejuvenation (CPR) programme. .... read more
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Get Masks in Exchange for Plastic at CSMT, Dadar Railway Stations |
To increase the recycling of plastic waste materials on the suburban railway stations, the Central Railway (CR) has initiated the ‘Plastic Lao, Mask Pao’ campaign.
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Delhi is the Most Polluted Capital City Globally, Says Report |
Delhi remained the most polluted capital city in the world but India, on the whole, had improved its average annual PM2.5 (particulate matter) levels higher in 2020 than in 2019, according to a report from IQ Air, a Swiss air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, and developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products. .... read more
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Count of Water Birds in Thiruvananthapuram Goes Up |
A 36 per cent hike was observed in the total count of birds compared to the previous year during the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) carried out in the district recently in connection with PAN Asia AWC..... read more
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Exotic Aquarium Fish Species Threatening Lake Biodiversity |
Discovery of a fish species called Alligator gar in Neknampur Lake in Telangana has set the alarm bells ringing for the biodiversity of city lakes..... read more
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El Salvador Certified as Malaria-Free by WHO |
El Salvador has recently become the first country in Central America to be awarded a certification of malaria elimination by the World Health Organization (WHO)..... read more
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Hawaii’s Rains, Floods Cited as Examples of Climate Change |
Heavy rains are part of the winter wet season in Hawaiian Islands. But the downpours triggering flooding that destroyed homes and bridges and set off mass evacuations on multiple islands recently are also an example of the more intense rainstorms, officials and climate scientists say are occurring more frequently as the planet warms. .... read more
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Melting Glaciers Contribute to Alaska Earthquakes |
Glaciers in Southeast Alaska have been melting since the end of the Little Ice Age, many of which are in close proximity to strike-slip faults. When these glaciers melt, the land begins to rise, and the faults they’d previously sutured become unclamped. .... read more
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Well-preserved Fossil of Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered in Spain |
In a new revelation, scientists have discovered a fossil of an oviraptorosaur which is a type of bird-like theropod dinosaur usually found sitting on the top of nests that contain eggs. .... read more
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Climate Change to Put UK’s Farming, Dairy Sector under Massive Stress |
The UK’s two important farming sectors, dairy and potato growing, will be badly hit by climate change over the next 30 to 50 years, the country’s national weather service the Met Office has warned in a study. .... read more
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Poland’s Solar PV Capacity Grows Threefold |
According to leading data and analytics company GlobalData, Poland’s incentive measures— such as the ‘My Electricity’ programme—have already triggered massive improvement and are setting the country in good stead to see around 14.5 GW of solar PV installations by the end of 2030. .... read more
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