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Do not blame us for air pollution: Punjab Farmers
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Punjab government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in the nearby areas of Amritsar. Scores of farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing air pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack a
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Haryana: Stubble burning continues in Fatehabad despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Haryana government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in Fatehabad town of the state. Farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack alternatives.
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Gene therapy effective for treating wet age-related macular degeneration:
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): Recently developed gene therapy seems to be a promising alternative for treating one of the most common causes of blindness, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), claims a study.
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Stubble burning continues in Amritsar despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Though stubble burning is banned in Punjab, several farmers in Amritsar continue to burn crop residue claiming lack of alternatives.
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PayPal withdraws from Facebook's cryptocurrency project Libra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 5 (ANI): PayPal has decided to withdraw from Facebook-backed cryptocurrency initiative Libra, the company said on Friday, dealing a blow to the social-media giant's efforts to build an alternative payment system.
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India's largest social impact platform, The Better India launches Karnival
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Oct 04 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Where do you shop for a bamboo toothbrush with charcoal bristles? How about a classy rug made of recycled pet bottles? Super cute reusable cloth diapers for newborns? Karnival.com is the place for eco-friendly alternatives to com
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McDonald's restaurants in West and South India eliminate all single-use pl
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Sept 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): McDonald's restaurants in West and South India have replaced all single-use plastic with eco-friendly and biodegradable alternatives.
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Combination of wood fibre, spider silk could pose as rival to plastic
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 22 (ANI): It's a no-brainer that humans have generated tonnes of plastic and are now looking for a better alternative to it. Well, researchers at the Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have succeeded in discovering a strong and extensibl
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West seeking to partially oust Russia from gas market: German lawmaker
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Sept 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The recent decision of the European Union (EU) to curtail Russian Gazprom's access to OPAL pipeline capacity is political in nature, and thus the West is seeking to partially oust Russia from the market in line with the traditions of the trade war and
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AP's Krishna leads fight against single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have given a clarion call to shun single-use plastic last month, but Krishna district administration has been working on a plan to promote the use of cloth and jute bags as an alternative for the last two
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Paswan holds meeting for alternatives to single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday met key stakeholders from plastic bottle industry and senior government officials to find a suitable alternative to single-use plastic.
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Flipkart introduces renewable alternatives to replace single-use plastic i
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Leading e-commerce marketplace Flipkart has said it achieved a 25 per cent reduction in single-use plastic during August through various initiatives across its packaging value chain.
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