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Varanasi to get new lease of life with new sewage treatment plants
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Varanasi, a historical city regarded as the spiritual capital of India, draws pilgrims who bathe in the Ganga River and perform funeral rites.
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Study reveals urine reuse as fertiliser not likely to transfer antibiotic
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): Healthy human urine is rich in components like nitrogen, potassium, and phosphate. These components are essential for healthy plants and can be used as a fertiliser.
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Cong leader seeks judicial probe into high rates of electricity supplied b
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said here on Wednesday that he was in favour of an all-party resolution requesting the High Court to appoint a sitting judge for looking into the 'high rates of electricity supplied by the private thermal pl
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JSPL's 1.8 MTPA coal gasification based DRI plant resumes operations in An
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Jindal Steel and Power Ltd's (JSPL's) 1.8 million tonnes per annum direct reduced iron (DRI) plant based on coal gasification process (CGP) has resumed operations in Odisha's Angul district, the company said on Tuesday.
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Surat woman suffering from end-stage brain tumour plants 30,000 trees
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A 27-year-old woman suffering from an end-stage brain tumour has become a symbol of grit and determination by planting over 30,000 trees to tackle air pollution which she believes is the reason why people are rapidly developing terminal diseases.
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Deforestation, Climate change could decimate Madagascar's rainforest habit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A study has found that left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar's entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070, impacting thousands of plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that are
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Desktop plants can help you cope with workplace stress!
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A latest study has suggested a rather unconventional quick fix for workplace stress. Pressure at work is unavoidable, but there is a green and leafy way to reduce its intensity.
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Keep small plants at your work desk to reduce stress, study suggests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): Stress-reduction at the workplace is a pressing issue in today's times. Though the complete avoidance of the condition is inevitable, a recent study conducted in relation to the stress levels of employees in a workplace suggests that the placement of small
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Bhubaneshwar: Civic body distributes plant saplings, cotton bags to spread
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): As part of the 'Go Green Campaign', the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) distributed books, plant saplings and cotton bags here to inspire people to generate minimal waste or zero waste during the year 2020.
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NGT directs govt. body against discharge of effluents in Bengaluru lakes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Dec 19 (ANI): National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to ensure that no effluent is discharged in Bellandur, Agara and Varthur lakes till the setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs).
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Patanjali Ayurved completes acquisition of bankrupt Ruchi Soya for Rs 4,35
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Debt-ridden Ruchi Soya's resolution is complete with Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved depositing Rs 1,100 crore equity in a State Bank of India (SBI) escrow account to acquire the edible oil maker for Rs 4,350 crore.
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Marsulex Environmental Technologies to introduce cost effective electrical
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Dec 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Marsulex Environmental Technologies Corporation (MET) US is a technology leader in Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS), with a focus on particulate (dust) and gaseous emissions from power plants and industrial boilers.
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