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Gift ideas to make your Friendship Day special
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 03 (ANI): Friendship is the most beautiful relationship we cherish in a lifetime. It is unique because unlike other relationships we make our own choices. Where apparently parents, siblings and all those annoying relatives are god sent, friends are our making. Read More
Climate change disrupting plant-pollinator relationship: study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (ANI): While plants rely on bees for pollination, bees need plants to supply nectar and pollen. Scientists have discovered that climate change is adversely affecting these mutualistic interactions.
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PM Modi plants saplings in Parliament as part of plantation drive
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi planted saplings in Parliament as part of a tree plantation campaign by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla here on Friday.
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NIRDPR study: Many Gram Panchayats use RO as fashionable infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 25 (ANI): A study conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on the subject of setting up of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants in Rural India revealed that many village bodies had installed such plants without any need and o
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Beat forest officials if needed: BJP MP to tribals
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Adilabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): BJP MP from Adilabad, Soyam Bapu Rao has asked tribals to stop forest officials from planting saplings on their lands, uproot the plants and if needed beat the forest officials.
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L&T's power business wins EPC orders from Damodar Valley Corporation
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Engineering major Larsen & Toubro's power division said on Friday it has bagged significant engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) orders from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to set up flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems in three pow
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U'khand CM plants trees on Harela festival, asks people to pay attention o
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 16 (ANI): Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday participated in a tree plantation drive under "Rispana to Rishiparna" campaign on the occasion of Harela festival.
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Vegetation can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): Planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces and installing green roofs on buildings can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands, recent study suggests.
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Government reviving five fertiliser plants to reduce urea imports
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The government is reviving five closed fertiliser plants at a cost of Rs 37,971 crore to increase urea production in the country and reduce imports, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said on Tuesday.
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NTPC awards Rs 2,311 crore contracts to GE Steam Power
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): GE Power India said on Monday it has been awarded three contracts from government-owned NTPC Ltd to supply and install wet flue-gas desulfurisation (FGD) systems for a combined value of Rs 2,311 crore.
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Do plants really transmit superbugs to people?
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 23 (ANI): Antibiotic-resistance infections are a big challenge to public health, food safety, and economy.
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Man on a mission to turn Udhana railway station into India's first Green R
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India] June 22 (ANI/Primex Media Services): To propagate Mahatma Gandhi's mantra 'Cleanliness is Godliness' and achieve the objective of a 'Clean India-Green India', a young entrepreneur from Surat has launched a mission to turn railway station in Udhana town of Gujarat's Su
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