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NTPC invites bids for Agro Residue based fuel as part of environment frien
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): India's biggest power producer NTPC on Thursday opened bids for procuring 1,000 metric tonnes per day of agro residue based fuel for its 2,650 MW Dadri power plant in the National Capital Region as part of initiatives to help clean air and provide farmers with
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UP: Spurned lover held for murders
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bulandshahr (Up) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A man has admitted to killing two women in a village in Bulandshahr district of Western UP and burning their bodies on Thursday after one of them turned down his marriage proposal.
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Budget 2018: Special scheme to tackle air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Delhi's air pollution found a special mention in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's fifth budget as the minister on Thursday announced a special scheme to tackle stubble burning.
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Padmaavat vandalism: Two arrested for torching vehicle in Bhopal
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Two people have been taken into custody after creating a ruckus and burning vehicles in protest against the film 'Padmaavat' in Bhopal.
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High level committee submits report in stubble burning case
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): In connection with a stubble burning plea, the central government's high-level committee submitted its report in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Change of mindset can end rape culture: Kirron Kher
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana/Punjab) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): With violence against women becoming a burning issue in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirron Kher said that a change in the mindset of the people can go a long way in preventing rapes.
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JNU professor comes up with solution to stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a solution to the problem.
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Charcoal remains after fires accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): A study has recently revealed that charcoal remains after a forest fire may help decompose fine roots in the soil and consequently accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests.
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Radhika Anand's Mission Fal-Van increasing India's green cover
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.14 (ANI): Air pollution in India is quite a serious issue with major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning, fuel adulteration, vehicle emission and traffic congestion.
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SC directs Centre to include experts' advice to curb stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to include certain experts in task force from agriculture and health so that they give suggestions and remedies on stubble burning.
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Swedish synagogue attacked with burning objects
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], December 10 (ANI): Unidentified men have reportedly hurled firebombs at a synagogue in Sweden hours after locals marched in the city against the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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CPM blames RSS-BJP's 'ideology of hatred' for love-jihad murder
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader Brinda Karat on Thursday said the burning of a man for allegedly committing love jihad was engineered by the environment of hatred, created by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Jan
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