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ADB signs $60 million private sector deal to build hydropower plant in Nep
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Nov 2 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 60 million dollar financing package with Nepal Water and Energy Development Company (NWEDC) to help build and operate a 216-megawatt run-of-the-river hydropower plant on the Trishuli River near the capital Kathmand
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Goa: Political parties, NGOs protest over Kalasa-Banduri water diversion p
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Porvorim (Goa) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Congress party along with Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Shiv Sena, various NGOs and social activists on Friday staged a protest on the National Highway in Porvorim against the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ord
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Global warming may increase undernutrition: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 30 (ANI): The consequences of global warming are expected to be far-reaching and long-lasting as researchers have now discovered that undernutrition can also be an outcome of increasing temperature.
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'Mumbai at risk of being wiped out by rising seas'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], Oct 30 (ANI): A new research has found that rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought and India's financial capital, Mumbai, is at the risk of being 'wiped out'.
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Developing Asia needs to invest more than 5 pc of GDP over next decade for
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 29 (ANI): Developing Asian countries need to invest more than five per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade to be able to meet the infrastructure needs of their fast-growing economies, according to a newly-launched book co-published by the
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Research develops new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 28 (ANI): A study has found out a new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air that could prove as a significant tool in the battle against climate change.
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Protectionism will end up damaging global efforts against climate change,
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Oct 26 (ANI): Ministers taking part in the meeting of BASIC countries on Climate Change have said that unilateralism and protectionism undermine the open international trade system and prospects of global economic growth which will end up damaging global efforts against cli
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Sawant demands Javadekar's ministry to withdraw consent given to Kalasa-Bh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct 25 (ANI); Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday demanded the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to immediately withdraw the consent granted to Karnataka's Kalasa-Bhandura project.
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Fungi - Answer to escalating fertiliser use!
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 24 (ANI): There's no denying that fertilizers take a toll on our crops and add to the ongoing climate crisis. But the solution to the problem has been found in small organisms -- Fungi!
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With UN World Food Programme, Odisha CM aims at combatting malnutrition in
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Bishow Parajuli, the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) Representative in India on Wednesday said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's main focus is to provide protein-rich food to tribals to resolve the issue of malnutrition. Read More
Delhi CM attacks Modi govt for not okaying his travel to Denmark
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed BJP-led Centre for not granting him the permission for attending the C-40 Climate Summit at Copenhagen, Denmark, which was scheduled for October 11.
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Forum highlights low-carbon technologies and policies as key to Asia Pacif
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Changsha (Hunan) [China], Oct 16 (ANI): Countries in Asia and the Pacific must adopt more effective and innovative low-carbon policies and technologies to secure greener and more sustainable growth, delegates said on Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Hun
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