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Pollution can change wildlife behaviour
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 30 (ANI): With an increasing number of factors affecting the animal behaviour, the field of behavioural toxicology is gaining traction within the environmental sciences.
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PM Modi lauds 'team effort' in Thai rescue operation
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the team effort showcased in the Thai cave rescue operation, in which a soccer team, which was trapped inside the cave for days, was saved.
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World Nature Conservation Day - Time to do your bit
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 28 (ANI): Celebrated on July 28 each year, World Nature Conservation Day acknowledges that a healthy environment is a foundation for a stable and healthy society.
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Prevention of Corruption Act will boost business environment: FICCI
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): As India's public sector bankers have breathed a huge sigh of relief with the long-awaited amendment of the Prevention of Corruption Act in the Parliament, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) president Rashesh Shah has also welcom
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Manipur entrepreneur goes green with eco-friendly products
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Manipur [India], July 21 (ANI): Ngangom Monalisa Chanu, a 29-year-old young woman entrepreneur from Manipur, has brought in a new era of eco-friendly products in the form of environment-friendly pen and pencils.
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Petroleum Ministry favours ban on petcoke import
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Petroleum Ministry on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is in favour of a ban on the import of petroleum coke, a solid non-volatile carbon residue left after the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
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Dinosaurs more calorie-conscious than humans!
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 15 (ANI): Vegetables consumed by herbivore dinosaurs 150 million years ago had a higher nutritional value than the ones human beings consume in the polluted environment of the 21st century.
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'Without tribal society, environmental protection is incomplete'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): According to the latest report 'Composite Water Management Index -2018,' 60 crore people of the country are facing 'high to higher' level water shortage.
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Delhi to get 1,000 low-floor electric buses
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): The Delhi cabinet on Wednesday approved the engagement of 1,000 low-floor environment-friendly electric buses.
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Japan flood: Death toll crosses 100
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], July 9 (ANI): As many as 103 people have died so far as Japan faces a long recovery process after floods and landslides.
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CPEC projects risk widening social divides, heightening political tensions
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 06 (ANI): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in Balochistan is producing a heavily militarised zone, displacing locals and depriving them of economic lifelines, while in Sindh's Tharparkar district, coal-based CPEC power projects are damaging the
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Trump announces EPA chief Scott Pruitt's resignation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], July 06 (ANI): United States (US) President Donald Trump announced the resignation of controversial Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, with his Deputy, Andrew Wheeler slated to take over temporarily.
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