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Kiren Rijiju meets European Commissioner for Environment, discusses deepen
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday, met Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment, Ocean and Fisheries, here in the national capital, where the leaders held discussions on issues like marine pollution, blue economy and deep ocean exploration and deepening cooperatio
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Study discovers new isopod species in Florida Keys
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A new species of marine cryptofauna has been found in the Florida Keys by an international team of researchers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Water Research Group from the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at the
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Typhoon Doksuri sweeps across Pacific Ocean; poses risk to Philippines, Ta
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Typhoon Doksuri began as a tropical storm in the Western Pacific on Sunday morning.
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Japan: Fukushima moms led charge for radiation data
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Fukushima's mothers have become radiation experts to protect their children as the Japanese government gets ready to transfer cleaned water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later this summer, according to Kyodo News.
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S Korea launches radiation tests on seawater amid Japan's plan to release
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
South Korea chose 108 more coastal spots, 75 spots in the east, west and south of South Korea, as well as the waters off the southern island of Jeju, and 33 spots from more distant areas to collect samples to check radioactivity levels, Vice Oceans Minister Park Sung-hoon said during a press
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Pregnant Rihanna shows off baby bump at dinner with son RZA
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Rihanna was spotted at her favourite Los Angeles eatery, Georgio Baldi, on Saturday night with her son RZA, PageSix reported. The 'Ocean's 8' actor wore a crop top, denim pants, and a floor-length coat with $100 bills printed on it as she carried her son, RZA Athelston Mayers.
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Research team develops biodegradable film that keeps food fresh for longer
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Because petroleum-derived packaging materials degrade slowly and are rarely recycled, a tremendous amount of plastic has accumulated in landfills and the ocean.
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India's growth will be beneficial to Indian Ocean Region: Sri Lanka Presid
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"I have also appraised Prime Minister Modi of the extraordinary challenges that Sri Lanka has experienced in economic, social and political terms in the past year and of the reform measures I have spearheaded on a number of fronts in overcoming these challenges," the Sri Lankan President sai
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India-Sri Lanka took stock assessment of challenges in Indian Ocean: Kwatr
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Asked if the Chinese movement in the Indian Ocean came up during the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Foreign Secretary said, "We are neighbours. We have a long-standing and comprehensive relationship, and it is n
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How human resource development is bolstering India-Tanzania ties
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
IIT-Madras and the Zanzibar government have signed an MoU to setup this institution.
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Plant worlds in remote locations
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Oceanic islands can be used as models for ecology, biogeography, and evolutionary studies. Many groundbreaking discoveries, including Darwin's theory of evolution, have resulted from the study of island species and their interactions with their living and non-living environments. An internat
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Sea snakes redevelop their ability to see colours: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new paper published in Genome Biology and Evolution by Oxford University Press, the annulated sea snake, a species of venomous snake found in ocean waters around Australia and Asia, appears to have evolved to see an extended palette of colours after its ancestors lost that abi
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