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Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Project : Order To Stop Work

Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Project : Order To Stop Work With residents of the Joshimath town reporting an increase in landslides and hundreds of houses at the hill town in Uttarakhand developing cracks, the district administration has issued orders to stop work on the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project. The Tapovan Vishnugad […]

Neelakurinji Plant : Listed As a Protected Species

Neelakurinji Plant : Listed As a Protected Species The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Schedule III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of protected plants. This move is aimed at protecting the plant from being destroyed or uprooted, which has become […]

Molecular Sponge-Like Material To Remove Contamination From Water

Molecular Sponge-Like Material To Remove Contamination From Water: Team at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune came up with a custom-designed unique molecular sponge-like material macro/microporous ionic organic framework, which can swiftly clean, polluted water by soaking up contaminants. Commonly utilised sorbent materials often trap these pollutants through ion-exchange strategy to purify […]