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Finding ways to fight obesity? Coffee could be your fix
The anti-obesity effect of these food products is based on their fat generating ability. Photo: Getty Images
A research finds that coffee helps burn brown fat and has anti-obesity characteristics
June 26, 2019
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Governance

As told to Parliament (June 26, 2019): India needs 5,191 more fire stations
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All that was discussed in the House through the day
June 26, 2019
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Environment

Europe braces for unprecedented heatwave
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Temperatures may soon cross 40°C mark in several countries in the continent
June 26, 2019
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Science & Technology

Indian astronomers find evidence of supernova remnants

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The evidence of explosion in a star-forming region, called G351.7–1.2, is in the form …
June 26, 2019
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Climate Change

Researchers studied US spy-sat images of Himalayan glaciers. What they found is alarming

The third pole has been losing 8 bn tonne ice every year during 2000-2016. Blame global warming
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Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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Science & Technology
Will 5G slip through the net or cast it wide?

Will 5G slip through the net or cast it wide?

June 14, 2019
As the Centre plans a Rs 6-lakh crore spectrum auction to make the introduction of 5G …
Environment
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All we know about this year’s monsoon

June 10, 2019
Researchers and experts have been talking about monsoon, its impact on agriculture and how …
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Green agenda for the new govt

Full coverage: Green agenda for the new govt

June 03, 2019
Here is what environmentalists and experts expect from the new regime

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