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Govt to release Rs 13,000cr for Green India Mission

CHENNAI: The Union cabinet will soon sanction 13,000 crore for the initial phase of the 10-yearGreen India Mission to increase forest cover and quality of forests in the count...

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U.S. to launch ‘climate hubs’ to help farmers face climate change

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration will announced on Wednesday the formation of seven “climate hubs” to help farmers and rural communi...

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Cancer is curable: Demystifying many cancer myths

NEW DELHI: Some believe cancer is incurable, quite a few think it is contagious and many others feel it can be caused by hair-dyes and antiperspirants – myths like these...

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Antarctica’s collapsing ice shelves may disappear in 200 years

A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover, a new study has warned. ...

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Child poverty falls in Scotland by 10 per cent

Child poverty in Scotland fell by almost twice the level in England over a decade, new analysis in the run-up to the independence referendum has shown. The proportion of child...

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Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk

Using preserved blood samples of pregnant women, researchers have found that low vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk for severe preeclampsia, a serious and ...

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Punjab approves Rs13.25b development schemes

LAHORE – The Punjab Government on Monday approved fourteen development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 13259.249 million. These schemes were approved in the 27th m...

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Nyeri plans climate change policy to save water towers

The Nyeri County government plans to formulate a climate change policy to mitigate against the effects of global warming. Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on climate c...

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Viral infections may soon be history

Washington: Scientists have identified a mechanism how some viruses protect themselves from the immune system’s efforts to stop infections. This new finding could pave ...

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Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatment

Stunting among children increased to 45 per cent in 2011 Africa must take charge of research priorities to beat malnutrition and hunger Interventions to prevent, rather than...

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REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stere...

January 21 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026