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Air India becomes first airline globally to use 'Taxibot' on Airbus flight
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Air India scripted history on Tuesday by becoming the first airline in the world to use a TaxiBot on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a commercial flight with passengers onboard.
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India seeks to be leader in Climate Change Action: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 7 (ANI): India seeks to be a leader in the Climate Change Action, as manifested by its initiatives towards reducing fossil fuel dependency and emissions, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Monday, adding that New Delhi would not limit these efforts to
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One crore street LED lights installed in country as part of Centre's initi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Under the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), the number of streetlights installed in the country has reached to one crore this week, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions per year by 4.6 million tonnes.
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What emits more carbon? Direct or connecting flights?
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Texas, San Antonio has conducted a study to understand how flight routes are impacting the amount of air pollution.
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Modi says behavioural change can help fight global warming, invites techno
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said change in behaviour people can help meet the challenge of global warming and invited foreign technology for gasification of coal to reduce emissions from the natural resource.
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Greta Thunberg urges US Congress to treat climate crisis as an existential
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who is on a trip across the Atlantic on a zero-emissions boat on Wednesday requested US lawmakers to start treating the climate crisis as an existential emergency.
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Ashok Leyland becomes the first CV maker to get BS-VI certification for he
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 3 (ANI): Ashok Leyland, a flagship company of the Hinduja Group and the country's second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has become the first lndian original equipment manufacturer to meet the Bharat Stage VI emission norms acr
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BHEL wins Rs 2,500 cr-worth orders for emission control systems
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said on Monday it has secured two more orders worth Rs 2,500 crore for emission control equipment for thermal power plants.
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Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate change summit
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 11 (ANI): The city of Glasgow has been chosen by the British government to host a major UN climate change summit next year if the country's bid is successful.
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Government sanctions 5,595 e-buses for 64 cities under FAME India's second
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): The Department of Heavy Industry has sanction 5,595 electric buses for 64 cities under the FAME India scheme's second phase to give a further push to clean mobility in public transportation, according to an official statement released on Thursday.
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L&T's power business wins EPC orders from Damodar Valley Corporation
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Engineering major Larsen & Toubro's power division said on Friday it has bagged significant engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) orders from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to set up flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems in three pow
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Switching to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): Switching to renewable energy sources from fossil fuels can help reduce carbon emissions but at the expense of increased energy inequality, claims a study.
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