Varanasi has only one air quality monitoring station
According to Let Me breathe, the average air quality in Varanasi for PM 2.5 from 2017-2019 had improved to 104 from 206 in 2016. However, the maximum PM levels breached …
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Illegal GM brinjal was second crop,officials destroy plants
The Haryana horticulture department has uprooted and deeply buried the illegal cultivation of genetically modified brinjal. Recently,farmers in Haryana and experts had expressed fears of widespread contamination of GM brinjal …
Read MoreMizoram to increase maize yield despite pest outbreak
The Mizoram Agriculture Department has decided to take steps to increase maize production despite an outbreak of the Fall Army Worm (FAW) in the state. So far, FAW outbreak has …
Read MoreUN report warns of greater economic threat to nations not investing in DRR
Recently,Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) has warned of new and much larger threats due to extreme climate changes to economies in particular the Asia Pacific region. The …
Read MoreScorching heat forcing animals out of Seshachalam biosphere
With rising temperature and depleting food and water resources, wild animals from Seshachalam biosphere reserve like slender loris and pangolin are foraying into human habitations. IUCN has listed slender loris …
Read MoreCentre seeks to replace EIA rules, activists rise in protest
Central Government has released a draft rules which seeks to make changes in environment approvals.The draft rules significantly dilutes the process through which projects are granted environmental clearances. The existing …
Read MoreArunachal has 35 pc of India’s graphite deposits, says GSI
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has said that 35 % of India’s Graphite deposits is found in Arunachal Pradesh. The GSI presented the data during its annual interactive meeting …
Read MoreIMD says southwest monsoon will reach Kerala on June 6
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the southwest monsoon would be arrive in Kerala on June 6. The normal onset date is June 1. The prediction is in …
Read MoreExplained: Why Gujarat conducts a census of herbivores in Gir forest
The forest department of Gujarat will be conducting a census of herbivores in Gir forest and other protected areas.This Census comes ahead of next year’s Asiatic Lion Census which is …
Read MoreCan a beluga whale be trained as a military spy?
Recently,a beluga whale swimming in the Arctic off Norway has given rise to speculation that it is a spy being used by the Russians. The reason it is being described …
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