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Turkey using banned chemical weapons in northern Iraq against Kurds: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 11 (ANI): Despite being a signatory to the '1997 - Chemical Weapons Convention', several media reports reveal how Ankara is using a banned weapon in the middle east region, including the use of prohibited chemical weapons against fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (
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20 employees hospitalised after chemical leak at Karnataka fish processing
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 11 (ANI): As many as 20 employees were hospitalized after a chemical leak in a fish processing plant at Baikampady, outskirts of the Mangaluru city, said a police official on Tuesday.
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Study finds machines now identify 12 different types of plastics
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A team of researchers from the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University has now developed a new camera technology that can see the difference between 12 different types of plastics.
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Mandaviya chairs high-level meeting to make Atmanirbhar Bharat in urea, DA
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting in Nirman Bhawan with officials of the ministry to make Atmanirbhar Bharat in urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) production by using 'Green Hydrogen',
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UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], January 6 (ANI): Syria's declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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Hero Future Energies and Ohmium International announce strategic partnersh
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): Hero Future Energies (HFE), a leading developer of Solar, Wind and Hybrid/BESS projects, and Ohmium International, a company specialized in the design, manufacture, and deployment of PEM Electrolysers, have announced a strategic partnership t
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Study finds flame-retardants associated with autistic-like behaviour
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], January 3 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that when female mice exposed to PBDEs pass on these neuroendocrine-disrupting chemicals to their developing offspring, the female offspring show traits relevant to autism spectrum disorders, or ASD.
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On New Year, PM Modi urges farmers to switch to chemical-free cultivation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that one of the ways to save our planet from becoming barren is organic farming, urging farmers to switch to the chemical-free method of cultivation.
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Iodine in desert dust destroys ozone layer: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Boulder [US], December 26 (ANI): According to a study, when winds loft fine desert dust high into the atmosphere, iodine in that dust can trigger chemical reactions that destroy some air pollution, but also let greenhouse gases stick around longer.
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Stress makes life's clock go faster, chilling out slows it down: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): Scientists from Yale University have developed ways to measure biological age by tracking chemical changes in DNA that occur naturally as people age but occur at different times in different people.
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Centre to support domestic industry to make India self-reliant in fertiliz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired a high-level meeting at Nirman Bhawan with the officials and it was decided that the ministry will continue to support the domestic industries for the production of phosphat
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Four dead, 11 injured in broiler blast at Vadodara chemical factory
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], December 24 (ANI): Four people died and eleven others got injuries in the boiler blast that occurred at a chemical factory in the Vadodara district of Gujarat on Friday.
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