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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat asks Karnataka govt to tackle uranium contaminati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday expressed his concern over uranium contamination in drinking water being supplied in some villages of Karnataka and said the state government has been directed to address the issue imme
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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Kamila Valieva argued positive drug test was due to contamination from her
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], February 15 (ANI): The 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who has found herself amidst the doping scandal at the Winter Games defended her positive drug test by saying it was caused by a mix-up with her grandfather's medication, an Olympic official said on Tues
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New study finds if bacteria confound genetic switch
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): For decades, a small group of medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumours. Accord
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Russia detects Pakistan move to illegally procure dual-use material for it
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 19 (ANI): Pakistan's attempt to procure dual-use material from Russia got a rude jolt, it is learnt that there was a deal between private companies of Pakistan and Russia for procurement of 'hand-foot contamination indicator' by Pakistan, the Russian side backed ou
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SL urges India to export nano urea after detecting contamination in Chines
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 29 (ANI): The Department of Agriculture in Colombo detected the highly contaminated organic fertilizer sent by China and cancelled the fertilizer and requested India to export nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer.
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Japan suspends use of 1.63 mln Moderna vaccine doses over contamination re
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's health ministry said Thursday foreign materials were confirmed in some portions of the unused doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine and the use of around 1.63 million doses manufactured in the same production line has been suspended as a preca
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Ghaziabad residential colony gets inundated in heavy rains
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): A residential building in Ghaziabad was inundated on Saturday as water from the adjoining lake broke the boundary wall of the society in the wake of heavy rains.
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Tiny toxic particles of coal ash in soil can be detected by new test
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], July 23 (ANI): A suite of four new tests that can be used to detect coal ash contamination in soil with unprecedented sensitivity was recently developed by Scientists at Duke University.
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HC asks Delhi govt, Jal Board to treat as representation PIL seeking mecha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the concerned authorities to treat a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as representation, seeking direction to Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Government to constitute a committee of experts to stop contamination and mixing of
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Delhi HC issues notice to Environment Ministry, state govts over air, wate
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), Ministry of Coal, governments of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and others on a plea alleging fly ash disposal causing
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COVID-infected corpses floating from Uttar Pradesh have reached Bengal, sa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 21 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that corpses of alleged Covid-19 victims who were dumped in the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh were floating into West Bengal, polluting the rivers and causing contamination.
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