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Environment

"My Ganga, My Dolphin"

In a collaborative effort World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India and the Uttar Pradesh forest department with the support of HSBC Bank will hold a 3-day programme "My Ganga, My

Typhoon Haikui hits East Coast of China

Typhoon Haikui hit the east coast of China. The other two typhoons which hit China were Damrey and Saola. A severe typhoon generally has continuous maximum wind speed of b/w

State Bird of Delhi: 'House Sparrow'

The House Sparrow has been endorsed as state bird of Delhi by the state government. State government is concerned about the conservation of the bird and announced the decision after

Parliamentary Panel suggests to ban GM food crops

A Parliamentary Panel asked the government to put a halt on all field trials and demanded bar on Genetically Modified (GM) food crops. The committee sought probe into how permission

Paleo-river found near Narmada: Research

As per a group of researchers traces of Paleo- river has been found in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. What is a Paleo-river? It is an inactive river or water

3% rise in Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2011

As per the report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, there is a 3% surge in the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in 2011. The 3 % increase took the total

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