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Water supplied by civic bodies needs no RO filtration: NGT

A report submitted by the committee to the NGT on April 30 said RO plants were being installed indiscriminately without considering quality or source of raw water.

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28/05/2019
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Community pharmacists can help track tuberculosis patients, study finds

An Expert Explains: In biggest bout, knockout This time, BIMSTEC leaders are invited to Modi’s swearing-in Community pharmacists can help in detecting undiagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB), as the

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Activists in Tripura raise alarm over rising plastic pollution in villages

The Himalayan cleanup initiative was started last year with a massive cleaning drive across 12 hilly states of the country lying beside the Himalayan Range.

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UGC mandates Environmental Studies at UG level

The six-module course is aimed at making students ecologically aware for a sustainable future

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Over 25 states face Rs 1 crore EC for no action plan on plastic waste disposal

NEW DELHI: Over 25 state governments may have to pay environment compensation of Rs one crore each for not submitting their respective action plans on systematic disposal of plastic waste to the Ce

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26/05/2019
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Canada's oil-rich Alberta introduces bill to repeal carbon tax

Canada’s main crude-producing province Alberta introduced a bill to repeal the provincial carbon tax on Wednesday, setting up a legal tussle between Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party

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23/05/2019
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Philippines threatens to dump rubbish back in Canadian waters as row deepens

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his government to hire a private shipping company to send 69 containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if i

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23/05/2019
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China factories releasing thousands of tonnes of illegal CFC gases, study finds

Industries in north-eastern China have released large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists have said.

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23/05/2019
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£33m of UK funding to be spent on ‘super crops’ that are resilient to climate change

Tens of millions of pounds are to be spent on developing “super crops” to improve diets in poor countries in the face of climate change, the government has said.

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