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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on June 22, 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a
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Will keep escalating our actions until govt listens, says activist who thr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Just Stop Oil's social activist Phoebe Plummer after facing backlash on social media for throwing tomato soup on Van Gough's 'Sunflowers' painting said, "i am not a criminal, i am a scared little kid trying to fight for that future."
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Research: Congo peatlands could emit billions of tonnes of carbon in drier
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research published in Nature today reveals that the world's largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago.
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Sharp increase of Air Quality Index in National Capital a 'serious concern
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav blamed stubble burning in Punjab as a reason behind the worsening air quality in the national capital.
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Climate change to produce more rainbows: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa. The study's authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more days with rainbows than at the begin
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Tetra Pak's latest sustainability report highlights new milestones
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Tetra Pak published its Annual Sustainability Report highlighting the company's global achievements and progress in the last year and details the actions to help realise resilient and sustainable food systems.
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EU plans new conventions under GSP Plus status as Pak struggles to comply
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus is set to end in 2023 and a mission is preparing the final report of the last decade to be discussed in the European Union Parliament, which will decide about the continuation of the scheme, Daily Times reported.
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Promote crop diversification to save water, says Indian NGO at UN Conferen
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): Established in 2005 with an objective to Incubate Civil Society, CNRI, India's leading non-governmental organisation has made a strong case for promoting crop diversification to save water and address issues concerning climate change at the UN Co
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Biden to visit Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia for COP27, Nov summits
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden to remain on North Africa and Asia visit from November 11 to 16.
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To continue availing GSP+ benefits, Pakistan needs to comply with human ri
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan needs to ensure the implementation of 27 UN conventions relating to human rights, labour rights and climate change for GSP+ benefits.
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Study: Hybrid songbirds more likely to found in human-altered environments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study suggested why these chickadee hybrids are more common in places where humans have changed the landscape and also examine this correlation separate from climate change.
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Rule of Law is basic obligation for sustainable economic development: CM B
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday the Rule of Law is a basic obligation for sustainable economic development and if progress is to be achieved, the poor must have access to functioning institutions of justice.
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