Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
NEW DELHI: Delhiites can look forward to seeing large flocks of pelicans and storks in the next few years. The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is adding another 300 acres to its present area, all of which will be developed as a huge wetland specially to attract the aforementioned species of birds.
PATANCHERU: When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they Drug-polluted stream in Andhra Pradesh Drug waste creates highest disaster zone in Andhra Pradesh were shocked. Powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.
Washington: Antarctica, the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study. For years, Antarctica was an enigma to scientists who track the effects of global warming. Temperatures on much of the continent at the bottom of the world were staying the same or slightly cooling, previous research indicated.
In A First, An American Study Quantifies The Impact Of Pollution-Free Environment On Lifespan Los Angeles: Cleaner air over the past two decades has added nearly five months to average life expectancy in the US, according to a federally funded study. Researchers said it is the first study to show that reducing air pollution translates into longer lives.
It's like wearing white clothing outdoors in a hot climate. The light colour reflects electromagnetic radiation, including light and radiant heat, and keeps the body cool. Wearing a dark suit under a searing midday sun only absorbs more sunlight resulting in the body getting hotter. As Arctic ice, for instance, melts and is replaced by darker water, the region's warming is expected to accelerate.
New delhi : The plastic manufacturers' association on Thursday said that they would be forced to approach the Supreme Court for relief if the Delhi government didn't take back the ban on plastic bags.
New Delhi: For felling nearly 1,000 trees at Siri Fort Sports Complex to build basketball and squash courts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) may have to cough up Rs 5 crore as penalty to be utilised for regreening the area.
MUMBAI: When Barack Obama talked about harnessing the sun, wind and soil to fuel cars and run factories, a flicker of hope rekindled in the hearts of Indian entrepreneurs pursuing clean technology projects. There is optimism now that growth in the carbon sector could indeed pick up, leading to higher demand generation for carbon credits from India.
NEW DELHI: The world's first bivalent vaccine - that will protect children against both P1 and P3 strains of polio virus - is being tested in India. Around 900 newborn children in Indore, Chennai and Pune have already been given two doses of the oral bivalent vaccine (BOPV).
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