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Beijing’s bad air would be step up for smoggy Delhi
In mid-January, air pollution in Beijing was so bad that the government issued urgent health warnings and closed four major highways, prompting the panicked buying of air filt...
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Taste of sting
I vividly remember my first encounter with bichhu ghas, literally scorpion grass. My botany teacher had introduced me to the Himalayan giant nettle, known as Girardinia divers...
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Kenya to generate over half of its electricity through solar power by 2016
Government invests $1.2bn jointly with private companies to build solar power plants across the country Masinga hydroelectric power plant. Kenya gets most of its power from h...
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National rural jobs scheme loses steam in Karnataka, Rajasthan
Rajasthan and Karnataka, which used to be stand-out performers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment G...
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Pakistan worst affected by climate change
KARACHI: Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change globally and in Pakistan, which is the one of the worst hit countries of climate change, agriculture is badly af...
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Black carbon in air a worry, say scientists
PUNE: The amount of black carbon or soot, a potential cancer-causing substance, has been gradually increasing over Pune city since 2005, shows a study conducted by the Indian ...
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Less than 12 percent of children use toilets in India
According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas. Against this background, social scientists a...
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National Urban Health Mission launched
The ambitious National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), aimed at providing adequate and efficient urban public health delivery system for the urban poor, was launched here today. ...
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India just produced its first gun for women. Is this a solution or a problem?
India appears to be following the US by making and marketing guns for women, but it won’t make women any safer “Nirbheek” is small, light and can just about...
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Polar Bears Changed their Diet to Survive Climate Change
Polar bears in the western Hudson Bay area have become more flexible with their diet due to climate change. Linda Gormezano, lead author of the study and a vertebrate biologi...
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