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MKU's Netro range of electro-optic devices on display during the DefExpo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): The present operational environment of irregular warfare in and around India necessitates changes in the way armed forces need to prepare for, and conduct operations.
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GCPL and HICA join hands for an initiative to promote plastic waste dispos
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): With plastic waste regarded as the severest environmental concern, Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), a leader in the household insecticide (HI) category in India, has joined hands with Home Insect Control Association (HICA), an ind
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Govt earmarks Rs 4,400 cr for clean air, massive hike from last year
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Underlining its increased focus on air quality improvement, the central government has earmarked a whopping Rs 4,400 crore for FY 2020-21 for cleaner air, a massive hike from the last Budgetary allocation of Rs 460 crore.
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CDRI will enhance Climate change adaptation with focus on Disaster Resilie
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled various proposals in Union Budget 2020-21 related to the Environmental sector, emphasising on the government's aim to enhance climate change adaptation with a focus on Di
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Budget 2020: Govt sets aside Rs 4,400 cr to battle climate change
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Underlining India's focus on environment preservation and climate change, the government has set aside Rs 4,400 crore to spend under this head in this year's Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday.
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Govt responsible for creating environment of hatred: Shashi Tharoor on Jam
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Condemning the Okhla firing incident in which a student of Jamia Millia Islamia University sustained injuries, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said the government is also responsible for creating a climate of hatred in which people feel that they are emp
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Vijay Goel rides bicycle to Parliament with 'Don't pollute environment on
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Vijay Goel on Friday arrived in the Parliament for the budget session on a bicycle with a banner which read "Don't pollute the environment on CAA".
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Researchers build robot fingers that can sweat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], January 30 (ANI): Replicating human's response to the environment, researchers have built a new type of soft robot fingers that sweat to cool themselves and prevent overheating.
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Gold demand nudges lower as price-driven slump in consumer demand outweigh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Global gold demand declined to 4,355.7 tonnes in 2019, down one per cent on 2018, according to the World Gold Council's latest Gold Demand Trends report released on Thursday.
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MINI opens India's first-ever MINI Urban store in Kochi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan 29 (ANI/BusinessWire India): MINI has arrived in Kochi with its first-ever MINI Urban Store in India by EVM Autokraft. MINI Urban Store presents the iconic MINI in a unique environment that includes a showroom and Cafe.
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Study finds far higher than expected rate of underwater glacial melting
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): According to a breakthrough study, scientists using robotic kayaks have discovered that the Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, maybe melting underwater much faster than previously thought.
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Will study EC's order and revert if needed: Javadekar on poll panel's indi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the BJP will study the Election Commission's orders regarding party leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, and would petition the poll panel if required.
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