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Odd-even scheme receives mixed response
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
NNew Delhi [India], Sep 13 (ANI): People residing in the national capital on Friday gave mixed reactions to the Arvind Kejriwal-led government's decision to implement odd-even rule.
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This Indian artist is turning leaves into an art
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Art inspired by nature is always beautiful and fascinating. The experience becomes more enchanting when an artist carves out a master piece from nature.
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CII Foundation partners with Birlasoft to launch third phase of Project Sh
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Birlasoft, part of the 2.4 billion dollar CK Birla Group, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the third phase of 'Shodhan', a crop residue management programme.
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Pres Kovind confers National Awards to teachers
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sept 5 (ANI): On the occasion of Teachers' Day, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday conferred National Awards to teachers for the year 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
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Air pollution reduces amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 1 (ANI): Air pollution absorbs and disperses sunlight and thereby reduces the amount that reaches the Earth's surface under the clear sky, reveals a study.
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Air pollution leads to irregular menstrual cycle: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): The air your teenage daughter breathes may be causing irregular menstrual cycles, say researchers as negative health effects from air pollution exposure include infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Greater Noida gets its first electric car charging station
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): With an aim to put an end to the constant battle against air pollution and encourage people to ditch petrol-based and use electric vehicles, the Indian Oil in collaboration with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has set up an elect
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Air pollution linked to increase in newborn intensive care admissions: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more likely to be admitted to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), suggest the recent findings.
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Air pollution increases chronic lung disease risk
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 9 (ANI): Air pollution has come up as a major concern in the modern world considering its long-lasting and serious effects on human lungs.
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BS-VI emission norms will be implemented across India next year: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said Bharat Stage-VI (BS-VI) emission norms will be implemented across the country next year, adding that the move would drastically reduce vehicular pollution.
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Air pollution adversely affects female fertility
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 27 (ANI): High levels of air pollution adversely affect a potential marker of female fertility called ovarian reserve, a term used to indicate the number of resting follicles in the ovary, finds a study.
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Amritsar: UNDP team tours city to address air pollution issue
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 26 (ANI): A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) team on Wednesday visited various parts of Amritsar city as part of a team to assess the air pollution levels to enable a future action program to address the issue.
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