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DAMAC Properties launches Master Community DAMAC Islands 2, inspired by th
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Dubai [UAE], November 13: DAMAC Properties, the region's leading private luxury real estate developer with a growing global portfolio, has launched DAMAC Islands 2, its seventh master community in Dubai that redefines waterfront living. Following the phenomenal success of DAMAC Islands, DAMA
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Scientists discover three new ground snake species in Ecuador
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Scientists have discovered three new Cryptozoic (living underground) snakes hidden under graveyards and churches in remote towns in the Andes of Ecuador. The new snakes, which are small, cylindrical, and rather archaic-looking, were named in honour of ins
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Research: Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy rainfall. The results of an extensive five-year study co
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Scientists reveal large, year-round ozone hole over tropics
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Scientists revealed a large, all-season ozone hole in the lower stratosphere over the tropics comparable in depth to that of the well-known springtime Antarctic hole, but roughly seven times greater in area. The observed data agree well with the cosmic-ray-driv
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ICRISAT celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 28 (ANI/PR Newswire): The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has today officially commenced its golden jubilee marking 50 years of scientific innovation and impact since its establishment on the 28th March 1972.
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Hyderabad: PM Modi visits ICRISAT campus, tastes 'chana' direct from farm
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 5 (ANI): During his visit to International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked through the campus on Saturday and tasted some gram (chana) pods directly from the farm.
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PM Modi adds Jai Anusandhan to Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan: Narend
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi added 'Jai Anusandhan' to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's famous slogan of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Jai Vigyan to
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Hyderabad: PM Modi says 'India commits to Net-Zero emission by 2070'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 5 (ANI): On the occasion of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "India has set a target of Net-Zero emission by 2070."
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Disproportionate fall in safe working hours due to heat exposure for poepl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A team of researchers studied how many safe working hours people living in the tropics have lost due to local temperature change associated with deforestation during the past 15 years.
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Study indicates global warming could reduce biodiversity in tropics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): New research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests that temperature can largely explain why the greatest variety of aquatic life resides in the tropics but also why it has not always and, amid record-fast global warming, soon may not again.
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New article focuses on high social, ecological standards for chocolate
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Worldwide demand for food from the tropics that meet higher environmental and social standards has risen sharply in recent years.
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Hyderabad: Leopard in ICRISAT campus finally captured after 3 months
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 27 (ANI): Forest officials were able to capture a fully mature leopard which had entered the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus here on March 6.
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