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Study to Check Antibiotic Resistance in Ganga
The government has commissioned a study to assess the microbial diversity across the entire 2,500 km stretch of river Ganga, and test for the...
29 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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India is facing a severe problem of land degradation ie. soil becoming unfit for cultivation. About 29% or about 96.4 million hectares are considered...
28 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel has launched the commencement of work for 10th City Gas Distribution (CGD) bidding round which...
27 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to the data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Amazon Forests in Brazil has experienced 74,155 fires since...
23 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to the World Bank Report - Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis, heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third...
22 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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India - Largest Emitter of Sulphur Dioxide
According to a report by Greenpeace (an environmental Non-Governmental Organization), India is the largest emitter of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in the...
20 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Discovery India and World Wide Fund (WWF) India have partnered with the Government of West Bengal and local communities in the Sundarban to help save...
19 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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BASIC Meeting on Climate Change
The BASIC countries held their 28th ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August 2019 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The countries...
19 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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First Monument in Memory of a Glacier
Iceland honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change. A bronze plaque was unveiled in a ceremony to mark Okjokull...
19 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-India), in collaboration with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) conducted dragonfly census and...
17 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The study conducted by scientists at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute and Switzerland’s Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research has...
16 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Plastic manufacturers, in a recent meeting with government, have called for export promotion schemes for Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in...
16 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The oceans cover over 70% of the globe. Its health, wellbeing of humanity and the living environment that sustains us all are inextricably linked....
16 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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An amphibian survey conducted by Delhi University professor has found four new species of frogs in the Aravalli biodiversity area. The survey has...
14 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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On the occasion of World Biofuel Day, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas released the Expression of Interest (EOI) for procurement of...
12 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The article is based on the recent IPCC report “Climate change and Land” published on 8th August and an editorial “Climate on the...
10 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Mercury Emission Versus its Concentration in Fishes
Recently researchers have found that despite a decrease in seawater concentration of methylmercury, the amount of mercury found in fish is different...
10 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Climate Change and Land: IPCC’s Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on ‘Climate Change and Land’ reveals the relation between climate...
09 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Solar Thermal Energy Technology
The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed an agreement to initiate...
08 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, researchers have found Mexico’s prickly pear cactus, that can play a new and innovative role in the production of biodegradable...
08 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
