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Microplastics turning to be major environmental challenge: study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 9 (ANI): Microplastics are the tiny bits and pieces of plastic that have worked their way into our water systems causing potentially catastrophic conditions for humans and marine life, discovered researchers.
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Global trade developments may affect individual positions in negotiations:
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Ministers from RCEP Participating Countries (RPCs) have said that continuing uncertainties in trade and investment environment have dampened growth outlook across the world and certain developments in global trade environment may affect individual positions i
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PM stresses on India's role in promoting South-South Cooperation at COP 14
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed on India's role in promoting South-South Cooperation at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) while addressing 196 countries
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India to raise target of restoring degraded land, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India will raise its 'ambition' of restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
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India halfway through its 175 GW renewable energy goal: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that the county has already achieved half of its 175 gigawatts (GW) renewable energy capacity target.
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Time has come for the world to say good-bye to single-use plastic: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the time has come for the world to say 'good-bye' to single-use plastic.
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Theme is to empower the poor and downtrodden, says Javadekar on 100 days o
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): The Central government is working with the intention of empowering the downtrodden sections of the society which have remained untouched by the development wave for all these years, said Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadek
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Pak knocked on several doors, but entire world stood with India on Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that despite Pakistan trying very hard the entire world sided with India on the decision of the Central government to withdraw Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Over 3 animal species in India have gone extinct due to desertification, r
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 8 (ANI): At least three to four species of animals, such as the Indian Cheetah, pink-headed duck, and the Sumatran Rhino, have become extinct due to desertification in India, researchers warned at the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations C
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Union Environment Minister Javadekar meets Uttarakhand CM
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
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Make conservation of forests a people's movement: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Saturday gave a clarion call to make the conservation of forests a people's movement and said it was everyone's duty to conserve the environment.
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Tree cover increased in last 5 years, says Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday highlighted that the tree cover area has increased across the nation in the last five years.
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