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India to leap-frog into BS VI vehicular emission norms from April 2020
20 Sep 2016
For India, which has not yet fully implemented BS IV norms for vehicles, skipping BS V to leap-frog into much cleaner emission norms is a game-changing decision
India to leap-frog into BS VI vehicular emission norms from April 2020
20 Sep 2016
For India, which has not yet fully implemented BS IV norms for vehicles, skipping BS V to leap-frog into much cleaner emission norms is a game-changing decision
India evacuates 40,000 in massive tsunami drill
07 Sep 2016
Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer
31 Aug 2016
Fears over spread of Zika virus from storm
27 Aug 2016
Over 250 killed as massive quake hits central Italy
25 Aug 2016
Police near the town of Ascoli said they could hear cries for help from under the rubble but lacked the heavy equipment to move the rocks, in the aftermath of a magnitude-6.2 earthquake
Human footprint surprisingly outpaced by population and economic growth
24 Aug 2016
The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those are growing at a slower rate than the rate of economic and population growth, reveals a study
Infrastructure development, silting worsen flooding in North and North East
23 Aug 2016
Haphazard implementation of infrastructure projects and mismanagement of dams, especially the Farakka barrage, made flood control difficult amidst heavy rains, say experts
Fungi recycle rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
23 Aug 2016
A team of researchers is turning to naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally-friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries
Coca-Cola halts Dasna plant in UP amidst pollution probe
20 Aug 2016
Like elsewhere, Coca-Cola’s Dasna bottling plant also allegedly contaminates groundwater meant for farmers, pollutes the soil and discharges untreated sewage maligning the environment
NASA monitors the 'new normal' of sea ice
20 Aug 2016
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