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of articles pertaining to Environment
List of articles pertaining to Environment
Save the river Ganga
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Environment
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Yoga guru Swami Ramdev has been campaigning to save the Ganga from pollution, as have so many others in the past including religious heads and members of civil society.
He wishes that the river that is considered holy by millions should be given heritage status. At least then, he reasons, polluting the river would be considered a punishable crime. Swami Ramdev started his campaign from Kanpur sin
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Life in Nashik came to a virtual standstill
Saturday, September 20, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Cities , Environment , Top stories
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NASHIK; Life in Nashik came to a virtual standstill as incessant rains lashed the city on Thursday and Friday, leading to one of the worst floods it has witnessed in 40 years.
While the Godavari River started to overflow, water levels in dams in and around Nashik also increased to uncomfortable levels.
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Effect of Climate Change, Polar Bear at the Risk of Extinction
Friday, May 16, 2008 www.newstrackindia.com
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Environment
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The danger of climate change has become very much evident in today’s fast changing equation, recently a report released by US National Oceanic and Observatory Administration said that the level of carbon dioxide in atmosphere...
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Climate
Change,
Polar
Bear,
Global
Warming,
Science,
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Air pollution increases risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis
Friday, May 16, 2008 www.newstrackindia.com
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Environment
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Rising pollution has created chaos for our environmental interest as well as health issue, a study published in journal Science Daily reflects on another aspect of air pollution which increases the risk of blood clot....
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air
pollution,
science,
environment
news,
Vein
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Pleasant weather greets Delhiites
Thursday, February 21, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Environment
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Delhiites woke up to a pleasant but slightly misty morning on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 9.2 degrees Celsius.
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weather
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Air Deccan staffer killed at Delhi airport
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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New Delhi: An Air Deccan staffer was killed at the Palam airport here, after she was hit by a vehicle late on Monday night.
The accident occurred as Sarsruti Sinha was walking towards the bay.
The vehicle is yet to be identified, police said.
Sinha was a senior technical officer with Air Deccan.
The airlines is yet to come out with a statement on the incident.
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CFL bulbs are killing the incandescent light bulb
Friday, October 12, 2007 www.slate.com
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Environment
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Compact fluorescent bulbs are more expensive than the regular incandescent bulbs but they last up to 10 times longer, use about one-fourth the energy, and produce 90 percent less heat. Over a span of it's lifetime - which is four and a half years - the CFL bulb repays its higher cost in energy savings. However inspite of the long-term benefits, CFL bulbs have yet to be accepted by consumers, who
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Compact-fluorescent-bulbs
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GHG making the world wetter, stickier : Studies
Thursday, October 11, 2007 in.reuters.com
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Environment
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British researchers reported that greenhouse gases are responsible for making the earth's atmosphere wetter and stickier which may lead to more powerful hurricanes, hotter temperatures and heavier rainfall in tropical regions. The findings which have been published in the journal 'NAture' highlight how human-produced greenhouse gases have affected global humidity levels in recent decades and co
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Deforestation responsible for severe flooding : Study
Monday, October 08, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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Researchers studying the links between native forest cover and flooding during the 1990s in 56 developing countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, have found that nearly 1Lakh people in the developing world were killed, and another 320 million displaced by floods, over a period of 10 years. The scientists said that deforestation is primarily responsible for the increase in the frequency an
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deforestation
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Elephant succumbs to injuries
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Environment
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Arundhati, an 80-year-old elephant, at Dehradun's Rajaji National Park, succumbed to her injuries before park authorities could put her to sleep. The pachyderm had earlier suffered multiple fractures on her right foot after falling into a marsh early this month. The elephant had been granted permission to be put to sleep, however according to sources, the mercy killing was delayed because of bure
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