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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu minister for commercial taxes and registration P Moorthy conducted a review meeting with the registration officials to discuss the avenues to boost revenue through property registrations after the second wave of Covid-19. Land registrations had been affected for four months during the first wave of Covid-19 last year. During the meeting, stress […]
QUITO: Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species considered extinct a century ago. The Galapagos National Park is preparing an expedition to search for more of the giant tortoises in an attempt to save the species. The turtle was found two years ago on
After waiting for more than seven years, John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has finally received the patents for inventing biodiesel from slaughtered chicken waste that offers mileage of over 38 km a litre at around 40 per cent of the current price of diesel and lowers pollution by half. After seven-and-a-half years, the Indian Patent Office
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An Olympic medallist’s wish is anybody’s command. Domino’s Pizza has pledged free pizza for life to India’s silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, after the champion said she wished to eat pizza after her feat at the Tokyo Olympics. The chain on Saturday also delivered pizzas to her family to celebrate Chanu winning the silver medal
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While a large number of people now have immunity against coronavirus due to previous infections or vaccination, a guarded approach is needed in terms of implementing restrictive measures to avoid a second wave-like crisis, experts said. Dr Yudhyavir Singh, who has been managing the COVID-19 ICU at AIIMS New Delhi, said it is important to
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There has been a 73 per cent increase in healthcare facilities in tribal areas between 2005 and 2020 as compared to a 10 per cent increase across the country, according to government data. The number of sub health centres (SHC) in tribal areas increased by 78 per cent, from 16,748 in 2005 to 29,745 in
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Domino’s Pizza has joined hands with RattanIndia-backed EV maker Revolt Motors to convert its current petrol bike fleet into e-bikes. As part of the partnership, Domino’s will procure the entire existing inventory of Revolt’s RV300 bike model and will progressively acquire its customised Revolt model to transform its fleet, the company said in a statement
CARBIS BAY (UK): G7 leaders will commit on Sunday to increase their climate finance contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cut carbon emissions and cope with global warming. As part of plans billed as helping speed the finance of infrastructure projects in developing countries and
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BERLIN: The tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic warned on Tuesday. “The disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic is one of the first landmines in this minefield, one of the tipping points that we set off first when
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AHMEDABAD: After extensive deliberations, the state forest department has begun working on a roadmap for clearing an estimated 30-40 lakh trees that have been uprooted due to cyclone Tauktae and pose a hurdle to wildlife in the Gir sanctuary, including Asiatic lions. The entire exercise, bigger than the 1982 cyclone in the Asiatic lion landscape,
MUMBAI: Climate change could expose half of all global cotton-growing regions, including India, to high risks from temperature increases, changes in rainfall patterns and extreme weather events by 2040, according to a global study. Under a worst-case climate scenario, all global cotton-growing regions will be exposed to increased risk from at least one climate hazard
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PORTLAND: The Pacific Northwest sweltered on Friday and braced for even hotter weather through the weekend as a historic heat wave hit Washington and Oregon, with temperatures in many areas expected to top out up to 30 degrees above normal. The extreme and dangerous heat was expected to break all-time records in cities and towns
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