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Steel Minister urges quality upgradation; timely implementation of SPVs, j
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct. 16 (ANI): Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on Monday directed the CMDs of Public Sector Units (PSUs) under the ministry of steel to finalize and implement all SPVs and joint ventures in a time-bound manner, adding that the ramping up of moderniz
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Devendra Fadnavis instructs to restore coal supply at the earliest
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired a meeting with officials from Coal Ministry instructing to restore coal supply and to also use roads for coal transportation at the earliest.
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India, Pakistan committed to preserve Indus Water Treaty
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [U.S.A.], September 16 (ANI): India and Pakistan have reconfirmed their commitment to the preservation of the Indus Water Treaty over the talks held on September 14-15 in Washington D.C. to discuss the technical issues of the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power plants
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India allowed to construct hydroelectric power plants under Indus Waters T
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[U.S.A.], August 2 (ANI): The World Bank has said that India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power plants on the Jhelum and Chenab Rivers after secretary-level discussions between India and Pakistan on the technical issues over the Indus Waters Treaty concluded this wee
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'Less toxic' tobacco comes closer to reality
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 4 (ANI): A new genetic road map of tobacco has been used to successfully identify and clone two mutated genes associated with how efficiently the plants used nitrogen - a discovery that could one day help reduce the need for nitrogen-based fertilisers in growing cr
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Taking a leaf out of plants' book to design solar cells
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 4 (ANI): A team of researchers has optimized and characterized titanium dioxide-based solar cell design using diverse plant pigments.
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Second air cargo flight from Afghanistan to arrive in India tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The second air cargo flight carrying 10 MTs of fresh fruits and 30 MTs of vegetable and medicinal plants from Kandahar, Afghanistan will arrive in New Delhi on June 24, 2017.
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Beat the heat with cool planting ideas at your place!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): When the temperature is on a constant rise, keeping plants at your vicinity is a must to let the environment cool down!
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Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [INDIA], May 18 (ANI): According to a new study, growing plants and then storing CO2, taken up from the atmosphere, is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning.
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Development of nuclear sector to create 33,400 jobs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the development of nuclear power plants will create over 33,400 direct and indirect jobs, in addition to helping India achieve a state of self-sufficiency on the pathway to sustainable development.
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Why does so much of nature rely on sex for reproduction?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 8 (ANI): Why is sex so popular among plants and animals and why isn't asexual reproduction or cloning a more common reproductive strategy?
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India's outsized coal plans put Paris climate goals at risk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 26 (ANI): India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if it carries through with plans to construct nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, according to University of California, Irvine and CoalSwarm researchers.
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