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Study says plastic teabags release microscopic particles into tea
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 26 (ANI): While the world is trying to reduce plastic pollution which has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, researches have found that microscopic particles from plastic teabags can also have a direct impact on our health.
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Thank you Greta for much needed punch in the face: Priyanka Chopra
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 4 (ANI): Teenage Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg who took the internet by storm with her stirring UN Climate Change Summit speech, got a pat from actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas who thanked her for the "much-needed punch in the face".
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Rohit Sharma lauds Greta Thunberg, calls her 'inspiration'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist who has taken social media by storm through her rousing speech at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York was lauded by India opening batsman Rohit Sharma who labelled her as 'an inspiration'.
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How dare you? : Greta Thunberg to world leaders at UN Climate Summit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," were the emotional words of Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, who stormed at the world leaders gathered at the UN Climate Change summit in New York, adding, "We are
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Kerala: Environmental organisation conducts beach cleaning programme in Tr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): In a bid to save the nature and fight the menace of plastic, an environmental organisation, 'Thanal' here on Saturday conducted a programme called 'Plastic Taskforce'.
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EC asks parties not to use plastic, polythene in poll material
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Sep 21 (ANI) In line with the 'banish single-use plastic' drive in the country, The Election Commission on Saturday asked political parties, candidates and their agents in Haryana and Maharashtra to desist from using plastic, polythene and other environmentally hazardous
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Amazon to add 100,000 electric delivery vehicles by 2030
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], September 20 (ANI): As global warming intensifies, tech giants are taking bold steps to undo the environmental damage. One of the steps taken by e-commerce giant Amazon is adding electric vehicles to its delivery fleet.
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Asia's first environmental school launched at International Conference on
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sept 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): The need for environmental education is growing rapidly as the degradation of the environment is taking place at a fast pace.
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Shivamogga: Environmentalist preserves 500 varieties of herbal plants by c
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): A city-based environmentalist, B.Venkatagiri has exemplified his dedication and concern for environmental causes by planting and preserving about 500 herbal plants and creating an extensive garden at his house.
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K'taka: Environmentalist preserves 500 endangered herbal plants, 1500 seed
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): An environmentalist in Karnataka's Shivamogga has preserved endangered species of more than 500 rare herbal plants and about 1500 varieties of seeds which are considered extinct in his house.
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Odd-Even scheme too little, too late: Environmentalist
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Just a day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a rerun of the odd-even scheme from November 4 to 15, Vimlendu Jha, an environmentalist, on Saturday said that headline management will not help in combating the menace of air pollution and actua
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India's economic growth is 'much weaker' than expected: IMF
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 13 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said that India's economic growth is "much weaker" than expected due to corporate and environmental regulatory uncertainty and "lingering weakness" in some non-Bank financial companies.
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