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NASA’s PRIME-1 Mission to Study Lunar Ice and Advance Moon Exploration
NASA’s PRIME-1 mission, set to launch on Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander, will explore lunar ice and subsurface materials at Mons Mouton near the Moon’s South Pole. The mission features the TRIDENT drill, which will extract soil samples up to one meter deep, and the MSOLO spectrometer, which will analyze gases released from these samples to...
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Nitin Gadkari Writes To Devendra Fadnavis On Irrigation Backlog In District
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday drew the attention of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, to the irrigation sector backlog in Washim district,
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Water Shortage May Spark Social Unrest In India, Detrimental For Its...: Moody's
Moody's Ratings today said India's growing water shortage can disrupt farm and industry sectors and is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign as rising food inflation and decline in income may spark social unrest.
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"After 2014, Modi Ensured That...": PM Attacks Congress In Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled development projects in sectors like road, rail, energy, housing and drinking water worth about Rs 12,600 crore in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
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3 Boys Drown In Water Of Under-Construction Golf Course In Delhi: Cops
Three boys drowned in the water pit of an under-construction golf course in southwest Delhi's Dwarka Sector 23, police said on Saturday.
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Thousands In The Lurch As Yamuna Water Enters Ghaziabad Industrial Area
Hundreds of factories have shut down and thousands of people were left stranded as water from the overflowing Yamuna river entered Tronica City in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. The area is an industrial sector close to northeast Delhi.
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IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay Collaborate With European Partners To Address Issues In Indian Water Sector
IIT Guwahati and IIT Bombay are working actively towards addressing the staggering issues in the Indian water sector under the Indo-European project -- LOTUS.
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More Than 200 Fall Sick In Gurugram Housing Society, Water Contamination Suspected
More than 200 residents of a housing society in Sector 72 here fell ill with complaints of vomit, bloating, fever, and diarrhoea possibly from infected supply of water.
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Gujarat Government Announces Semiconductor Policy, Offers Incentives for Investment in Sector
The Gujarat government has announced policy for semiconductor and display production sector. The state government will also offer incentives and subsidies to start operations in the sector. The Gujarat Semiconductor Policy, in line with the Centre's India Semiconductor Mission, will remain in force till 2027.
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IAS Officer's Efforts In Water Conservation Sector In Assam Win Recognition
The deputy commissioner of Assam's Kokrajhar district, Varnali Deka, has been selected for two national level honours for efforts and innovations in the water sector under her initiative, officials said.
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India, Denmark Expand Ties In Health, Agriculture Sectors After "Fruitful" Talks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on Saturday held "fruitful" talks with a focus on expanding cooperation in a range of key areas such as health, agriculture, water management, climate change and renew
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Agriculture Universities Must Help Geo-Tag Farm Produce: Maharashtra Governor
Speaking at Vasantrao Naik Agriculture University in Parbhani, some 236 kilometres from Aurangabad, Mr Koshyari also said effective usage of water will help the sector, adding that emphasis must be on completing pending irrigation projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal Launches Initiative To Make Delhi A Global City By 2047
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched Delhi@2047, an initiative that aims at fostering partnerships with the private sector, CSR initiatives and philanthropic organisations to achieve the vision for Delhi by 2047.
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Vanilla-Flavoured Solution for Plastic Crisis? UK Researchers Show How Waste Can Be Converted by Bacteria
Plastic waste — that includes carry bags, soft drink or water bottles, more — may soon be converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria. According to new research by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, there's a way to turn plastic waste into vanillin — the main flavour component of vanilla beans — using E. ...
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J&K Announces Rs 1,350 Crore Economic Relief Amid Covid
An economic reliefpackage of Rs 1,350 crore was announced this afternoon for Jammu and Kashmir's ailing business sector - hit hard by prolonged Covid lockdown and the outbreak - by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who took oath last month as the union territory's L-G. A discount of 50 per cent for people of J&K in water and electricity bills for a ...
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NASA’s PRIME-1 Mission to Study Lunar Ice and Advance Moon Exploration
NASA’s PRIME-1 mission, set to launch on Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander, will explore lunar ice and subsurface materials at Mons Mouton near the Moon’s South Pole. The mission features the TRIDENT drill, which will extract soil samples up to one meter deep, and the MSOLO spectrometer, which will analyze gases released from these samples to...
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Nitin Gadkari Writes To Devendra Fadnavis On Irrigation Backlog In District
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday drew the attention of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, to the irrigation sector backlog in Washim district,
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Water Shortage May Spark Social Unrest In India, Detrimental For Its...: Moody's
Moody's Ratings today said India's growing water shortage can disrupt farm and industry sectors and is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign as rising food inflation and decline in income may spark social unrest.
-
"After 2014, Modi Ensured That...": PM Attacks Congress In Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled development projects in sectors like road, rail, energy, housing and drinking water worth about Rs 12,600 crore in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
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3 Boys Drown In Water Of Under-Construction Golf Course In Delhi: Cops
Three boys drowned in the water pit of an under-construction golf course in southwest Delhi's Dwarka Sector 23, police said on Saturday.
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Thousands In The Lurch As Yamuna Water Enters Ghaziabad Industrial Area
Hundreds of factories have shut down and thousands of people were left stranded as water from the overflowing Yamuna river entered Tronica City in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. The area is an industrial sector close to northeast Delhi.
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IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay Collaborate With European Partners To Address Issues In Indian Water Sector
IIT Guwahati and IIT Bombay are working actively towards addressing the staggering issues in the Indian water sector under the Indo-European project -- LOTUS.
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More Than 200 Fall Sick In Gurugram Housing Society, Water Contamination Suspected
More than 200 residents of a housing society in Sector 72 here fell ill with complaints of vomit, bloating, fever, and diarrhoea possibly from infected supply of water.
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Gujarat Government Announces Semiconductor Policy, Offers Incentives for Investment in Sector
The Gujarat government has announced policy for semiconductor and display production sector. The state government will also offer incentives and subsidies to start operations in the sector. The Gujarat Semiconductor Policy, in line with the Centre's India Semiconductor Mission, will remain in force till 2027.
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IAS Officer's Efforts In Water Conservation Sector In Assam Win Recognition
The deputy commissioner of Assam's Kokrajhar district, Varnali Deka, has been selected for two national level honours for efforts and innovations in the water sector under her initiative, officials said.
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India, Denmark Expand Ties In Health, Agriculture Sectors After "Fruitful" Talks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on Saturday held "fruitful" talks with a focus on expanding cooperation in a range of key areas such as health, agriculture, water management, climate change and renew
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Agriculture Universities Must Help Geo-Tag Farm Produce: Maharashtra Governor
Speaking at Vasantrao Naik Agriculture University in Parbhani, some 236 kilometres from Aurangabad, Mr Koshyari also said effective usage of water will help the sector, adding that emphasis must be on completing pending irrigation projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal Launches Initiative To Make Delhi A Global City By 2047
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched Delhi@2047, an initiative that aims at fostering partnerships with the private sector, CSR initiatives and philanthropic organisations to achieve the vision for Delhi by 2047.
-
Vanilla-Flavoured Solution for Plastic Crisis? UK Researchers Show How Waste Can Be Converted by Bacteria
Plastic waste — that includes carry bags, soft drink or water bottles, more — may soon be converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria. According to new research by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, there's a way to turn plastic waste into vanillin — the main flavour component of vanilla beans — using E. ...
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J&K Announces Rs 1,350 Crore Economic Relief Amid Covid
An economic reliefpackage of Rs 1,350 crore was announced this afternoon for Jammu and Kashmir's ailing business sector - hit hard by prolonged Covid lockdown and the outbreak - by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who took oath last month as the union territory's L-G. A discount of 50 per cent for people of J&K in water and electricity bills for a ...
