Environment
Essar Steel develops eco-friendly sand from slag
08 May 2017
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Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
03 May 2017
Geologists find high sulphur pollution along on one of the most remote mountain roads in the world — the Manali-Leh Highway — suggesting a link to diesel pollution
Long-term fate of tropical forests may not be as dire as believed, says CU Boulder study
02 May 2017
![Food webs entangle humans, animals, crops and the environment Food webs entangle humans, animals, crops and the environment](/environment/images/entangle_humans_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Food webs entangle humans, animals, crops and the environment
By By A'ndrea Elyse Messer | 24 Apr 2017
What people plant and eat has a great effect on the environment and on ecosystems. In the end, those choices will impact human survival
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Apple to go green, use only 100% recycled materials
21 Apr 2017
‘We're actually doing something we rarely do, which is announce a goal before we've completely figured out how to do it,’ the technology giant said ahead of Earth Day
BP working to control damaged oil well in Alaska
17 Apr 2017
The world's most spoken language is...'Terpene'
15 Apr 2017
![Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow](/environment/images/wealthy_apr_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow
13 Apr 2017
On a global level, the connection between national wealth and carbon emissions, which has been well-documented, shows carbon emissions are higher where income is more highly concentrated among the wealthiest residents
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Girl apparently raised by monkeys ‘rescued’ from UP forest
10 Apr 2017
The girl, aged between eight and 10, was rescued by the police in Bahraich from a troop of monkeys
![Buckle up! Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence Buckle up! Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence](/aero/aero_general/images/aircraft_turbulence_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Buckle up! Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence
07 Apr 2017
Turbulence strong enough to catapult unbuckled passengers and crew around the aircraft cabin could become twice or even three times as common because of climate change, reveals a new study
Environmental groups launch legal action against Trump administration over Keystone XL Pipeline
31 Mar 2017
Toll of climate change on mental health
30 Mar 2017
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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