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Study reveals most people consider becoming vegetarian for their health
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Apr 3 (ANI): In US-based study, researchers discovered that people are motivated to be vegetarian for different reasons -- the most common in western cultures being health, the environment, and animal rights.
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Calamities like COVID-19 pose adverse impact to business continuity: KPMG
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): While businesses are learning to innovate and adapt to the ever-changing work environments, the pandemics and unforeseen calamities like COVID-19 pose an adverse impact to the business continuity, KPMG India said on Friday.
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India's growth to slow to 4 pc in FY20, recover to 6.2 pc in FY21
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 3 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projects India's gross domestic product (GDP) will slow to 4 per cent in the fiscal year 2020 ending on March 31, 2021 due to a weak global environment and continued efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Urban dogs more fearful than their rural counterparts, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 1 (ANI): In a recent survey taken on the behaviourism of dogs, it came to notice that dogs that live in urban environments were observed to be more fearful than those living in rural environments.
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NASA: SunRISE Mission to study causes of giant solar particle storms
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms -- known as solar particle storms -- into planetary space. The information not only improves understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimat
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Prakash Javadekar interacts with officers, asks them to stay positive
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that he has interacted with 400 officers from the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through an audio bridge and told
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Jane Fonda to launch virtual 'Fire Drill Fridays' amid coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washinton D.C. [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): Coronavirus isn't not going to stop actor Jane Fonda from fighting against climate change as now she will be hosting online rallies to continue urging the government to initiate environmental policies.
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Environment would not have been appropriate to go on with Tokyo Olympics:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic and said that the current environment would not have been appropriate to go on with the event.
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NGT directs states, UTs to ensure solid waste management rules' compliance
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all the states and Union Territories (UTs) to set up an Environment Monitoring Cell to ensure compliance with the rules related to the management of solid waste.
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Moody's downgrades ONGC to Baa2 with negative outlook
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Singapore, Mar 24 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday downgraded Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd's (ONGC's) local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Baa2 from Baa1.
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Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic imp
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Cheap and abundant coal fuelled the industrialisation of Europe, North America and Asia. However, the price tag on coal has never reflected the external cost to society; coal combustion produces more than a third of today's global CO2 emissions and is a m
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Novel coronavirus doesn't spread airborne: WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's (WHO) South-East Asia office on Monday said that the novel coronavirus doesn't spread airborne. However, there has been a reported possibility of aerosol transmission in a relatively closed environment with prolonged exposure.
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