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Environment

The SDG Report Card 2018: A Reality Check

It is indeed true that the World Bank is one of the world’s largest producers of development data and res...

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Environment

Moving away from Concrete Jungles to Vertical Forests

The rising heat, melting polar caps, global warming and greenhouse effect are just a few of the grave dangers o...

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Environment

Delhi’s Air Pollution – at the Cost of Innocent Children’s Health

The Calcutta National Cancer Institute submitted a proposal for studies on health impact of air pollution on adults and schoolchildren of Delhi to the Central Pollution Con...

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Trending

Virat Kohli bats for Ola Share; urges citizens to opt for Shared Mobility

16th November 2017, New Delhi: With Delhi-NCR battling smog and heavy air pollution levels over the past week, Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation...

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Environment

Big Switch: Teens Work on Leaving No Footprints Behind for the Future Generations

The world has been shedding its green skin interminably, courtesy human intervention in it’s natural process. But hitherto we were paying least attention to the lurki...

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Environment

Cancer Risk Tied To Pollution In Environment

Prolonged exposure to poor air quality appears to increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast and prostate cancers, a study in the US has suggested, bolstering evidenc...

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Environment

Buddha's Birthplace Faces Serious Air Pollution Threat

The historic site of Buddha's birthplace in Nepal faces a serious threat from air pollution, scientists and officials have warned. Recent data collected from air quality mo...

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Environment

Paris Launches Global Urban Air-Pollution Watchdog

Last year, as Paris briefly earned the ignominious title of world’s worst city for air quality, Mayor Anne Hidalgo pledged that she would start a global observatory t...

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Sustainable Development

How To Stop Construction Companies From Choking Our Cities

Poor air quality, with diesel the biggest culprit, is now thought to be the cause of 40,000 deaths in the UK each year. But while cars and lorries have attracted most atten...

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Environment

Project Aims To Grow A 'City Of Trees'

A project aims to plant three million trees - one for every man, woman and child - in Greater Manchester over the next 25 years. Those behind City of Trees hopes the effort...

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