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JNU professor comes up with solution to stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a solution to the problem.
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Rising popularity of organic foods: What you should know
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The demand for organic foods began with fruits and vegetables when there were reports of pesticide residues in them. However, the popularity of organic foods has now extended to food grains, pulses, tea, spices and even oilseeds.
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Health Ministry sets maximum permissible limits of antibiotics in meat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov.20 (ANI): The Health Ministry has prescribed maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat, including chicken.
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NTPC to issue tenders for farmers to buy farm stubble
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Power Minister R.K Singh today said that the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will soon issue tenders to buy farm stubble.
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Punjab farmers burn stubble to protest prohibition orders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sheikhupura (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Following the lead of farmers in Sangrur, farmers in Sheikhupura village of Gurdaspur district also burnt crop residue on Thursday to protest government's prohibitory orders on stubble burning.
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Are kidney stone surgeries putting patients at risk?
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 14 (ANI): The techniques used to clean and sterilize flexible ureteroscopes leave behind contamination including debris, residue and bacteria, according to a new study.
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Third-hand smoke, a hidden danger for kids
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 7 (ANI): Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces contaminated with tobacco smoke residues, even when no one is actively smoking around them at the time, according to a recent study.
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Strawberry lovers...all is not well with your favorite fruit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 12 (ANI): Strawberries are easily one of the most popular fruits across the globe and its flavor gives chocolate a tough competition in the dessert spectrum making it a world-wide favorite, however, a recent report has found that the red fruit tops in the list of produc
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