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The Nagnadhi River once dried-up now flows perennially: Women take on The
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 25: Rivers are the life force of the planet. As for India, the country depends on them as one of the major sources of agricultural practices. The remarkable efforts of the women of Tamil Nadu have brought back one such river from the brink of extinction.
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Metaherbarium and Microreserves could prevent plant extinction: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Like animals, many plant species are struggling to adapt to a human-dominated planet. However, plants are often overlooked in conservation efforts, even though they are cheaper and easier to protect than animals and play a pivotal role in bolstering our food, fuel, and medical systems.
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UAE President exchanges Eid Al Fitr greetings with Mauritanian President,
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In his statement, Guterres highlighted the crucial relationship between humanity and the natural world, stating that our health and survival depend on maintaining a healthy environment. However, he expressed concern over the ongoing destruction of forests, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rive
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UN Chief urges accelerated climate action and protection of biodiversity o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In his statement, Guterres highlighted the crucial relationship between humanity and the natural world, stating that our health and survival depend on maintaining a healthy environment. However, he expressed concern over the ongoing destruction of forests, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rive
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Pakistan: Heart patients facing difficulties as Heparin injection becomes
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The injection is used for thinning the blood in heart patients. But there is a heavy shortage of this injection in government and private hospitals.
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MP: Namibian cheetas make their first hunt in Kuno park
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the eight cheetahs into Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park last year in December.
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New study reveals biodiversity loss drove ecological collapse after the 'G
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, the greatest of these being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the 'Great Dying', which occurred 252 million years ago.
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Madhya Pradesh: Namibian cheetahs to be released into the wild in a month,
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The first set of Cheetahs brought from Namibia was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Kuno National Park here in September, when eight of the big cats were flown in to revive their population in India after over half a century it went extinct in the country.
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South Africa translocates 12 cheetah to India in Cooperation Agreement
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Twelve cheetahs on Friday departed from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting and loss of habitat in the last century, a statement by Depar
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White-tailed deer harbor nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from humans to white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer to deer raised concerns about the role of WTD in the epidemiology and ecology of the virus. A study found that White-tailed deer may serve a
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Elephant extinction could have major impact on atmospheric carbon levels:
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon and maintain the biodiversity of forests in Africa.
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Mercury helps to detail Earth's most massive extinction event: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth's history to date, killing between 80-90 per cent of life on the planet, though finding definitive evidence for what caused the dramatic changes in climate has eluded experts.
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