Year: 2017

After consultation with the power ministry, the environment ministry set in place improved pollution norms for the thermal power industry in 2015. Credit: Reuters

Breaching Regulations, Deadline for 300 Thermal Plants on Adoption of Air Pollution Norms Extended

Nitin Sethi 08/06/2017

The Central Electricity Authority has given the plants two-...

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Northeast India May be Getting Bridges and Roads, But Local Tribes Feel Left Out

Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman 08/06/2017

The construction of bridges and roads is supposed to...

The pristine waters of Svalbard. Credit: htearse/pixabay

Why Scientists Are Recording Less Carbon Dioxide Than Expected Over an Arctic Archipelago

Lakshmi Supriya 08/06/2017

The shallow waters off Svalbard are warming and releasing...

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The Wire’s Investigation of the India-Based Neutrino Observatory Wins RedInk Award

The Wire Staff 08/06/2017

At the awards, organised by the Mumbai Press Club,...

FILE PHOTO: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 a Seyfert galaxy

Einstein’s Theory Presents New Method to Measure Size of Stars

Irene Klotz 08/06/2017

Scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to plot minute...

People take part in the annual "Equality Parade" in Warsaw

WHO Warns Hepatitis A Cases May Increase in Gay Pride Season

Reuters 08/06/2017

With the limited availability of the vaccine and men...

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Meet the Villagers Who Protect Biodiversity on the Top of the World

Lü Zhi 08/06/2017

On the Tibetan plateau, the village of Yunta shows...