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Download SAMEER app to find out about polluted areas, Javadekar appeals to
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday appealed to people to download the SAMEER app for getting information about polluted areas in different cities.
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South Pacific seabirds facing major threat from plastic: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): Plastic being a major cause of environment pollution has now been confirmed as a threat to South Pacific seabirds, including albatrosses.
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Health programme Mo Beach Yoga kicks off at Golden Beach in Puri
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday kicked off a unique two-day beach-based public health programme called Mo Beach Yoga at Puri's Golden Beach to help in the complete recovery of recovered COVID-19 patients and to promote public health and envir
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Javadekar challenges Congress to mention in Bihar poll manifesto that it w
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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday challenged Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Digvijay Singh to mention in the party's manifesto for the Bihar election that they would take back the decision to abrogate article 370 in Jammu and Ka
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Delhi government imposes Rs 1 cr fine on North MCD for increasing air poll
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the situation of air pollution in Delhi is constantly deteriorating, but the agencies responsible for controlling the situation are not serious and so a penalty of Rs 1 crore has been imposed on Nor
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'Pollution watchdogs late this year again': Environmentalists
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Though several measures are coming into force with an effort to curtail the air pollution index by pollution watchdogs at the national and state levels in Delhi, experts believe action shouldered by the authorities was 'pretty late this year again'.
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Tech Start-ups helping businesses and people in India's Unlock 5.0 to figh
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New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): As India entered in Unlock 5.0 with restrictions being lifted and cinemas, theatres and multiplexes are allowed to open with up to 50 per cent seating capacity after seven months, technology would play a vital role in providing a safe environment to the p
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Over 50 per cent Indians concerned the next pandemic could come from farm
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of World Food Day, International animal welfare organisation, World Animal Protection has released a report, which finds that superbugs are emerging on farms from antibiotic overuse, and those antibiotic resistant bacteria are
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Odisha Chief Secretary tasks SPCB to set national benchmark in service del
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): In another significant step towards 'ease of doing business' in Odisha, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy has directed to make the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) more be vibrant and facilitating through 'process reengineering' without comprom
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Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with help of dust particl
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New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with the help of dust particles, a Delhi-based woman scientist has said in her research while noting that more testing is required in a controlled environment to see how things will work out on the groun
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Capt Amarinder Singh slams Kejriwal after release of data on Delhi polluti
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 15 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following the release of data on Delhi pollution and stubble burning, asking him to stop diverting attention from his failure and protect the enviro
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Rs 20 lakh fine imposed on Delhi PWD for not following environmental regul
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New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): During a surprise visit on Thursday, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai imposed Rs 20 lakh fine on Public Works Department (PWD) for not following environmental regulations at construction site in Burari.
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