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HCL Grant adds two more categories of health and environment, besides educ
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Noida (Uttar Pradesh), July 30 (ANI-Businesswire India): HCL Grant, the call for entries for which has now begun, has added two more categories of health and environment besides education this year. The award money for the Grant will be INR 15 Crore this time i.e. INR 5 Crore per category. L
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Turns out, early animals responsible for first mass extinction
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Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): Newly-discovered fossil evidence from Namibia supports the theory that the world's first mass extinction was caused by "ecosystem engineers" - newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to e
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BNP alleges Rampal power plant being built for neighbouring country's
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Dhaka, July 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Government is constructing the Rampal coal-fired power plant near Sundarbans for the interest of a neighbouring country, despite knowing that it will harm the country'
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Greening Garo hills campaign aimed at halting degeneration of environment
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Tura (Meghalaya), July 25 (ANI): In an effort to restore green cover in Meghalaya's Garo Hills, a slew of new development works have been initiated to halt the degeneration of the environment.
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Nepali Parliament Speaker asks Dahal to create conducive environment for c
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Kathmandu, July 20 (ANI): Nepali Parliament Speaker Onsari Gharti has asked Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist Centre (CPN- Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to create a conducive environment for political consensus in the country on Wednesday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio foundation to give $15.6m to conserve environment
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Johannesburg, July 15 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio has long been a champion for environmental causes, now he has announced 15.6 million dollars in grants for conservation efforts.
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IAA trains professionals to deal with aviation-linked challenges
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New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): Security, safety and environment protection are some of the prime challenges the civil aviation sector has been facing globally.
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Innovation Norway organises workshop on corporate social responsibility in
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Mumbai, July 11 (ANI): Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the responsibility companies are expected to assume for people, society and the environment that are affected by their activities.
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Amit Mishra hails Kohli for creating positive environment in team
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Basseterre (St. Kitts), July 11 (ANI): Ahead of India's four-match Test series against West Indies, leg-spinner Amit Mishra has heaped praise on Virat Kohli by saying that the skipper has created a positive environment in the team.
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Hydropower dams, major development projects halted in Shan State till reas
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Naypyidaw, July 8 (ANI): The Naungpha hydropower dam along with several other major projects in Shan State have been suspended until cost-benefit field analyses, environmental analyses and social impact assessments are performed, said State Minister for Finance and Planning, U Soe Nyunt Lwin
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Real challenge for Modi Govt. is improving quality of education: Javadekar
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New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Former Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar, who was promoted to the Human Resource Development Ministry, said here on Wednesday that the real challenge for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the mo
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