Picture Credit: A pod of beluga whales. (NOAA/NMFS/National Marine Mammal Laboratory photo) Lead author Rhiannon Moore says individual actions can reduce plastic pollution. A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found that microplastics found in the stomachs of beluga whales are working their way from washing machines and up the food chain. The …
To bring a positive change through education, L&T owned Nabha Power Limited, which operates the 2×700 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at Rajpura, awarded Merit-cum-Need-Based Scholarships to meritorious girls of villages nearby the premises of the power plant. The programme, first launched in 2020, is open to girls of 49 villages covered under the company’s CSR initiatives …
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Vistara, a joint venture of Tata group and Singapore Airlines, today announced the reach and impact of the second phase of its flagship CSR program – ‘Vistara Wellness Initiative’. The airline has reached out to the most marginalised and vulnerable families with 4,000 wellness kits, comprising hygiene and nutrition essentials, bringing relief to more than 16,000 …
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The worst hit in any scenario will be Asia, which accounts for 9 of the 10 mega-cities at highest risk including Kolkata and Mumbai. Yet, halting global warming is still our best hope. Even if humanity beats the odds and caps global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, seas will rise for centuries …
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