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China's quest to increase coal output undermines its efforts to tackle glo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In 2021, Xi made a point in the UN General Assembly and said that China would not build a new coal plant but assist other countries to switch to low-carbon and green energy, IFFRAS reported. China witnessed an unprecedented power crisis in 2021, affecting businesses, industry, and the overal
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Supply of coal to the power sector monitored closely: Coal ministry
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As a result of this coordinated efforts, the closing stock of coal at the domestic coal-based power plants, as on October 31 this year was 25.6 million tonne (mt) which is the highest ever in the month of October except for the Covid year of 2020-21. The domestic coal supply to the power sec
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Pakistan spending 66 per cent of forex on fuel imports
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid surging energy prices worldwide due to the Russia-Ukraine war and deteriorating economy due to inflation and its depreciating currency, Pakistan is forced to spend 66 per cent of its forex reserve on fuel imports.
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Delhi air pollution: Simple dos and don'ts to stay healthy when there's sm
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The smoke in the air due to industrialization and scenarios like farm fires when merged with fog, especially in winter create smog that comes with a bundle of severe conditions in humans, and animals and has the capability to kill plants. Smog has a direct effect on the respiratory system
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Study: Tree rings provide insight into destructive radiation storms
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable, and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
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Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
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Research: Plant processes could be important in predicting drought develop
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Based on new analyses of satellite data, scientists have found that hydrologic conditions that increase flash drought risk occur more often than current models predict. The research also shows that incorporating how plants change soil structures can improve Earth system models.
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According to research, hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Dicamba drift" - the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere - can result in unintentional damage to neighbouring plants.
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Govt begins developing draft guidelines for assessing safety of genome-edi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the official statement of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, it said the draft guidelines were revised, considered and approved by Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation (RCGM) in its 231st meeting on April 28, 2022.
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Researchers show that plant water stress, not termites cause mysterious ci
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites were responsible, or plants were somehow self-organizing. Now, researchers from the University of Gottingen, benefitting from two exceptionally g
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Korea Hydro, Nuclear Power Co. in race to win nuclear plant order in Polan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) is likely to win orders for nuclear plants in Poland. If KHNP wins the order for the Polish nuclear plant project, President Yoon Suk-yeol's 'nuclear power plant export drive' is expected to be accelerated.
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Check out how plants perceive trauma
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Norwich [UK], October 24 (ANI): A new angle has been added to old hypotheses about how plants use calcium waves to react systemically to injury and other stresses.
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