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Social organization achieves massive milestone of planting 10 million tree
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): Even before India announced its emission-neutrality aim at the CoP-26 summit held in Glasgow, the country at different points in history, has witnessed citizen-led environmental movements like 'Chipko' and government-led initiatives. Gro
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PM Modi urges households to set up solar trees to meet rising energy deman
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged households to set up solar trees to meet the increasing energy demand of India, and contribute to saving up to 15 per cent electricity for every house.
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Exposure to green outdoors had positive mental health impact during pandem
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Boulder [Colorado], March 3 (ANI): The lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic gave a breather to the trees, plants and parks around our houses, with lesser pollution causing vehicles roaming around like mad. The peace and calm during the first lockdown made people appreciate nature even more.
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Agartala Smart City adopts 'one for ten' trees compensatory afforestation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 22 (ANI): Agartala Smart City Mission has taken up a 'compensatory afforestation drive' to compensate for the ecological loss suffered due to the extraction of adult trees amid the ongoing smart road project, said Sailesh Kumar Yadav, Chief Executive Offi
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Having greenery around hospitals can ease confusion, anger: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
West Virginia [US], February 20 (ANI): Walking and moving around large hospitals can feel like being stuck in a trap. For patients and visitors, finding the way from one point to another inside a visually-bland medical complex exacerbates an already stressed mental state. One landscape archi
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Study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are key to survive mass extinctions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): The past always has always intrigued scientists, whether be it searching for answers on survival or questioning the existence of some species. Scientists from the Natural History Museum, London (United Kingdom), and the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble
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Sanjay Ghodawat University receives 'University for Social Contribution Aw
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], January 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): In the recently released Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Awards for the Universities and Education Institutes across the Nation, Sanjay Ghodawat University (SGU) received the prestigious, 'University for Social Con
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Study finds trees play major role in cleaner air in cities
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], December 25 (ANI): A new study by the University of Gothenburg found the air pollution levels varied greatly between different places in Gothenburg.
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Dehradun-Delhi corridor: NGT appoints Expert Committee, directs steps for
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday appointed an independent twelve-member Expert Committee in regards to diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes and cutting of trees for widening and elevating corridor construction for a part of NH 72A
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Emma Watson lauds Indian rural women for Chipko movement
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): 'Harry Potter' alum Emma Watson lauded Indian rural women for protecting trees and forests through 1970's Chipko Andolan, the non-violent social and ecological movement.
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Trees are biggest methane 'vents' in wetland areas: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems - with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded.
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DMRC to obtain forest clearance to cut trees for Phase IV metro expansion
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to take permission of the Chief Forest Conservator to cut trees for the construction of the Phase IV metro expansion project.
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