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Preserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology Oswald Schmitz discovered that protecting wildlife around the world could significantly improve natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks.
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Pakistan: MQM-P threatens to hold own census if errors found in 7th Popula
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Rabita (MQM-P) Coordination Committee expressed its grave concerns over the process Pakistan's first digital census is being carried out and said that if any errors in the statistics are found then the party would hold its own census, reported The Expr
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Change in temperature risks bees prone to pesticides: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Certain pesticides, particularly a class called neonicotinoids, are known to impact bees and other important insects, and are thought to be contributing to population declines. However, bees' reported responses to this threat across the world often seem to vary, suggesting other interacting
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Meet 10 rapidly growing Indian companies making an impact in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI/PNN): India is one of the most resourceful countries in the world. With its huge population and infinite talent in action, the flourishing economy is revolutionizing every field of work, creating a space that focuses on developing resources to a higher extent
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"In UP 2.70 lakh TB patients were adopted of which 70 pc are now disease-f
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Speaking at the international seminar 'One World TB Summit' held at the Rudraksha Convention Center on World TB Day, CM Yogi Adityanath stated, "The state government has so far paid Rs 422 crore through DBT for nutritional assistance to the state's TB patients. We are committed to keeping th
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President Murmu extends greetings on Sarhul festival
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The harvest festival similar to Baisakhi, Onam and Pongal is majorly celebrated by the tribal population of Jharkhand on the third moon day of Chaitra month.
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More than quarter of world's population has no safe drinking water: UNESCO
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
More than a quarter, 26 per cent of the world's population, comprising approximately 2 billion people, do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion or 46 per cent lack access to safely managed sanitation, according to the report, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water and released a
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24 major cities in Pakistan do not have access to clean water: Report
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Along with water channels, Pakistan is also dependent on rain for its water supply. Climate change has exacerbated the water crisis affecting the rainfall pattern and causing a huge water shortage in the country leading to prolonged droughts. This is making it even more challenging to manage
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Finland declared happiest country sixth time in a row
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Finland has maintained its position as the country with the happiest population for the sixth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report released on Monday. The World Happiness Report surveys people's satisfaction with their lives in different countries.
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Demand for ethnic recognition in Pakistan census
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Language-based identification was unfair since it would cause various ethnic groups, especially Baloch, to have lower real populations in the national data. Speaking during a seminar on "Census and National Languages" conducted at the Noshki district council hall, they emphasised the value o
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Odisha: Number of free diagnostic services at govt-run medical centres ris
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Aiming to provide qualitative universal health care for the people of Odisha, the state government has expanded the range of free diagnostic services to 146 tests to the entire population of the state irrespective of income level in Government hospitals and Health Sub-centres.
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Aspirational population in Sikkim keen on innovation, digitisation: CM Pre
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Sikkim initiated the first day of the Startup 20 meeting as part of G20 events in Gangtok on Saturday.
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