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Bright city lights cause smaller eyes in certain birds: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a new study, the harsh lights of big cities may be generating an evolutionary adaption for smaller eyes in some birds. The findings, published in Global Change Biology, have ramifications for conservation efforts as bird populations across the United States continue to drop.
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Bright city lights in big cities causing smaller eyes in some birds: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
While other studies have looked at how urban light affects the timing of birds’ “dawn song” and circadian rhythms, this is the first known study to show a connection to eye size.
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Highlighted responsibility of Global North as historical polluter: IWF pre
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Arvind Kumar, president of India Water Foundation, on Monday stressed that India has invested in climate financing and limiting the emission norms while highlighting the Global North's responsibility as the "historical polluter".
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Air Pollution cutting life expectancy by 4 years in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The rising air pollution in Pakistan may lead to a shortening of life expectancy in Pakistan in the country’s most polluted regions like Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur and Peshawar, The News International reported citing a report.
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Plant trees to save Delhi, says Ghanshyam Gupta Zaveri
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19: Every year millions of people around the world lose their lives due to diseases related to pollution. India's cities like Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkata are among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, as far as the capital Delhi is concerned, the patients of diseases re
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Indian Auto LPG Coalition Urges Government to Promote Auto LPG as a Clean
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7: There have been recent reports flagging a sharp decline in sales of Auto LPG vehicles since 2019 in India. A top automaker is even said to have stopped the manufacturing of its LPG models. For a country that is home to the largest number of polluted cities among th
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CM Yogi calls upon the administration to take strict action against cheati
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
CM Yogi described the cheating mafia as "the biggest enemy of society that pollutes educational institutions" and called for their "social boycott".
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Air pollution linked to early death in heart failure patients: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a study, heart failure patients are more likely to pass away from their condition on polluted days and for up to two days afterwards. The research was presented at Heart Failure 2023, the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) scientific conference.
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Dirty air associated with premature death in patients with heart failure:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a study, patients with heart failure are at a higher risk of dying from their disease on polluted days and for up to two days thereafter.
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Kathmandu tops list of polluted cities in world, visibility falls amid for
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to IQ Air, an organization measuring the real-time pollution of 101 cities in the world, Kathmandu on Sunday mid-day stood in the first position with the Air Quality Index crossing the mark of 190.
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Local Panchayat along the Indo-Tibet-China border passes resolution to ban
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On the occasion, the Vice-Pradhan of the Sumra village Panchayat Tsering said, "This resolution was passed by the Panchayat to save the outside cultures which had started invading our marriage ceremony in the religion and it pollutes the local culture and tradition".
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Delhi govt to set up ammonia removal plant to treat polluted Yamuna water
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The Delhi government on Friday decided to set up an ammonia removal plant to treat polluted Yamuna water coming from Haryana.
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