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Trident Group Chairman Emeritus Padmashree Rajinder Gupta honored by Incom
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI/SRV): The income Tax department felicitated Trident Group Chairman Emeritus Padmashree Rajinder Gupta in recognition of being the highest taxpayer (Textile Sector) of North West Region for the Assessment Year 2022-23 and in acknowledgment of his contributi
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Next-generation material that adapts to its history: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Inspired by living systems, researchers have developed a new material that changes its electrical behaviour based on previous experience, effectively giving it a basic form of adaptive memory. Such adaptive materials could play a vital role in the next generation of medical and environmental
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Study: Exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is associated with in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Exposure to artificial LAN at night is a ubiquitous environmental risk factor in modern societies. The intensity of urban light pollution has increased to the point that it not only affects residents of big cities, but also those in distant areas such as suburbs and forest parks that may be
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Future strategy must focus on sustainable, energy-efficient infrastructure
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The strategy for the future must be to prioritise sustainable and energy-efficient infrastructure to advance the pace of development and environmentally responsible development is a core tenet of the incumbent government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Union housing and urban affair
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Study finds that honey bee life spans are 50 per cent shorter today than t
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50 per cent shorter than it was in the 1970s.
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Varanasi's Sachin Mishra awarded Rashtriya Gaurav Samman for contribution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI/GPRC): Sachin Mishra of Varanasi, who made his invaluable contribution to environmental protection and social service, got the 'Rashtriya Gaurav Samman for 2022' Recently organised the program at Constitution Club of India located on New Delhi Rafi Marg. I
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Study shows how turtles fared decade after oil spill
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twelve years after an oil spill coated nearly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River, new research confirms that turtles rehabilitated in the aftermath of the disaster had high long-term survival rates.
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Coral select algae partnerships to ease environmental stress
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more resilient to heat stress. In assessing one of the main reef builders in Hawai'i, Montipora capitata or rice coral, researchers found that the symbi
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Research explores how dryland dynamics change due to climate change
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A hydrologist in the IUPUI School of Science, Professor Lixin Wang, recently reviewed advances in the study of dryland productivity and examined major outstanding debates on dryland responses to environmental changes.
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Entomologists warn about how insects will be affected by climate change
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a new scientific review, a team of 70 scientists warned that climate change affects insects in ways that will 'drastically reduce our ability to build a sustainable future based on healthy, functional ecosystems' if no action is taken.
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Healthy plant-based meals are better for environment: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, healthier plant-based dietary habits were associated with better environmental health, whereas less healthy plant-based dietary patterns, which are higher in foods like
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