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The Big Picture: World Environment Day: Identify the Dangers of the Plastic Era
Context And Background The United Nations observes 5th of June every year as the World Environment Day, to make people aware about the environment...
14 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Coral Reefs could Survive Global Warming, says Study
According to a study published in the journal Current Biology, the coral-algal partnerships have endured numerous climate change events since the age...
14 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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A Roadmap Towards Cleaning India’s Air
To help improve India’s air quality, researchers from the University of Chicago and Harvard Kennedy School have laid out five key...
14 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Indian bull frog, a recent arrival from the mainland, is steadily occupying the islands’ ecosystem and threatening the local economy....
11 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Khangchendzonga To Be Included In The World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that has been included in the UNESCO designated World Network...
09 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Earth at Risk of Becoming 'Hothouse'
A recent report titled "Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene", has warned about ill-effects of global temperatures rising more than...
08 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Man-animal Conflict to be Listed as Disaster by UP Govt
The Uttar Pradesh government has given its in-principle approval to bring man-animal conflict under listed disasters in the State Disaster Response...
06 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Centre has asked the state of Karnataka to consent to allowing night traffic on the highway passing through Bandipur Tiger...
06 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Scaled Up Solutions for a Future of Water Scarcity
(This article has appeared in The Hindu on 2/8/2018, and pertains to the water woes that India is facing and its related conservation and...
02 Aug 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Arsenic Accumulation in Paddy Plants
A recent publication by the Jadavpur University, has revealed rise in arsenic contamination of paddy plants from ground water in West Bengal. It...
30 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Optimum Utilization of Fly Ash
Recently, Ministry of Power has informed that ash produced by thermal power plants is being utilized in the manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement...
26 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has launched afforestation drive in five Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,...
21 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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One More Way to Fight Global Warming
Scientists are on a mission to fight global warming by making livestock less gassy because livestock is responsible for about 14.5 percent of...
20 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Use Biofuels to Save Taj Mahal
The Central government announced plans to put in place steps to convert Agra into a city that relies only on biofuel. This will address two issues...
17 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands Seek Nod to Cull Saltwater Crocodiles
The local administration of the Andaman and Nicobar islands has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which...
16 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Declining Harriers Birds in India
Harrier birds, a migratory raptor species that regularly visits India, are declining in the country. Disappearing grasslands are one of the major...
16 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Is Planting Saplings A Solution To The Felling of Trees
Why in NEWS The Government has notified the draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Rules, 2018. It will facilitate the utilization of over...
13 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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MoEF to Launch Dust Mitigation Measures
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has lined up a slew of measures to tackle dust pollution in the capital. It will include the launch of...
13 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Recently the NITI Aayog proposed a 15-point action plan titled “Breathe India” for combating air pollution in ten most polluted cities in...
12 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
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Action Plan for Biomass Management
Introduction The farm burning, specific to the paddy-wheat cultivation cycle in the rural regions of Northern and North-Westerns states of India,...
09 Jul 2018 Biodiversity & Environment
