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World Bank launches comprehensive programme to combat air pollution crisis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the World Bank, the endeavour includes the introduction of airshed management tools, the development of State-wide Air Quality Action Plans, and the creation of the first extensive Regional Airshed Action Plan for the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), encompassing seven union territor
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Varanasi shimmers for 'Dev Deepawali': Millions of lamps to illuminate gha
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The riverfront ghats of the Ganges River, from Ravidas Ghat to Rajghat, will be illuminated with over a million earthen lamps (diyas) to honour the river Ganga and its presiding goddess.
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Uttarakhand to receive Rs 135 crore to control water pollution of Ganga
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Uttarakhand State has received in-principle approval for the control of Ganga river water pollution under the Namami Gange Project, costing approximately Rs 135 crore on Tuesday.
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TMC's Santanu Sen says hooligans of BJP, CPI-M behind killing of party lea
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Trinamool Congress leader Santanu Sen on Monday alleged that the 'hooligans' of Bharatiya Janata Party and Communist Party of India (Marxist) ganged up and killed their party leader Saifuddin Laskar while he was going to offer Namaz.
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NMCG organises 'Ganga Utsav' to help foster deep connection between people
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized the 7th edition of Ganga Utsav which was inaugurated by Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti in the presence of G. Asok Kumar, Director General, NMCG.
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Around 912 mementoes of PM Modi up for e-auction at NGMA, proceed to go in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At present, 5th round of e-auction is going on which started on October 2 and will continue till October 31.
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Funds raised through auctioned gifts received by PM Modi dedicated to Nama
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Monday said that the funds raised through the auctioned gifts and mementoes received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are dedicated to the Namami Gange project.
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Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi declares Dolphin as State aquatic animal
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
CM Yogi emphasized the need to maintain the purity of ponds and rivers. These dolphins are found in rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Ghaghra, Rapti, and Gerua. The estimated population of Gangetic dolphins in Uttar Pradesh is estimated at around 2000.
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Uttar Pradesh: WWF, Forest dept teams count Dolphins in Ganges River throu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The teams of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Forest Department are counting dolphins with the help of GPS in Garh Ganga at Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The team so far counted four dolphins in the Garh Ganga of Garhmukteshwar area.
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DRI rescues 955 baby Gangetic turtles, six held
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Concerted all-India efforts by the officers resulted in the interception of a total of 6 people and a total recovery of 955 live baby turtles of different species at Nagpur, Bhopal and Chennai on Saturday," the release added.
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Microplastic sources and hidden sinks can be found in rivers
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
An extensive amount of microplastic particles are being trapped in riverbed sediments or dispersed through the air along significant river systems, according to a recent study. The study, which was carried out along the Ganges River in South Asia, discovered that, on average, 41 microplasti
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Namami Gange members perform 'Ganga Aarti' for long life of PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Namami Gange Varanasi convenor Rajesh Shukla said, "When the Prime Minister had chosen Kashi as his parliamentary constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he had also said that Mother Ganga had called him. Since then, as the son of Mother Ganga, PM Modi's priority under Namami Gange is
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