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Nirmala Sitharaman meets COP26 President, discusses issues related to clim
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma and discussed various issues related to climate change.
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Cabinet approves phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons to prevent climate chang
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for phase down of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by India.
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UK expresses willingness for collaborating with India on green hydrogen
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma met Union Minister of Power and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Tuesday and expressed UK's willingness for collaborating with India on green hydrogen.
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Vice President Naidu asks scientists to come up with out-of-the-box soluti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called upon scientists to come up with out-of-the-box solutions to address challenges faced by mankind from climate change to agriculture to health and medicine.
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We should plant more trees to combat climate change: Speaker Om Birla
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said people should plant more trees to combat climate change and global warming.
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Blue hydrogen may harm climate more than fossil fuel, says new study
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Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): A new research by Cornell and Stanford University says that blue hydrogen may harm the climate more than burning fossil fuel.
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Centre notifies amended rules for identified single use plastic items
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New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday notified Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single-use plastic items. This amended rule will curtail the adverse impacts of littered plastic on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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Invest India join hands with the International Climate Summit 2021 as a co
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New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): The 'International Climate Summit 2021' (ICS 2021), an initiative by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Environment Committee, has partnered with Invest India.
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Greece surveys damage from wildfires of 'exceptional magnitude'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 13 (ANI): Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland had burned in wildfires of Greece fuelled by an extraordinary heatwave at the beginning of August, said European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) on Wednesday (local time).
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Italy may have hit Europe's hottest day on record
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Rome [Italy], August 13 (ANI): Italian authorities on Wednesday (local time) said that the island of Sicily may have set an all-time heat record for Europe, with a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Top officials from Quad countries meet, discuss counter terror, Covid-vacc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): Senior officials from the four-member countries of the Quad grouping on Thursday discussed ways to advance cooperation in areas including maritime and cyber-security, counter-terrorism, higher education, climate change, critical and emerging technologies a
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Bill Gates Offers USD 1.5 Billion For Joint Climate Projects With US Gov't
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Bill Gates will put up USD 1.5 billion in matching funds if Congress approves a public-private partnership program to develop technologies that combat climate change, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told the Wall Street Journal
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