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COVID-19 Emergency: Uddhav Thackeray to request PM Modi for oxygen supply transported by Air Force

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April 13, 2021
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Wildlife & Biodiversity

Cross-breeding, herd management key strategy to maximise India’s milk production: Study
Cross-breeding, herd management key strategy to maximise India’s milk production: Study
New British-Australian study lays emphasis on cross-breeding to increase milk yield in …
April 13, 2021
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COVID-19: 7 in 10 Indians believed normalcy would return in a year, claims study
As many as 70 per cent Indians expected return to normalcy in less than a year. Photo: Vikas Choudhary
42% Indians believed it would take 4-12 months to contain the pandemic 
April 13, 2021
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Vaccine shortage pushes Odisha to shut COVID-19 immunisation centres in 11 districts on Day 3 of ‘Tika Utsav’
Vaccine shortage pushes Odisha to shut immunisation centres in 11 districts on Day 3 of 'Tika Utsav'
Over 60 per cent of the total vaccination centres in Odisha are now closed
April 13, 2021
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Health

COVID-19 toll: UP government may be undercounting its dead

Outside Baikunth Dham electric crematorium. Photo: Ranvijay Singh
Down to Earth visits an electric crematorium in Lucknow to uncover discrepancies in …
April 13, 2021
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Health

Reducing risk of zoonoses in food production: WHO lays down guidelines

WHO lays down guidelines to reduce risk of zoonoses in food production. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
There is, however, no evidence that consumption of food is implicated in the transmission …
April 13, 2021
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Science & Technology

IIT-Bombay researchers make new model to accurately estimate variations in microchips

Accurate estimation of manufacturing variations can improve circuit performance
This is the first time that the experimental validation of variations predicted using …
April 13, 2021
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Waste

Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel
Textile units at Bhituja industrial belt in Rajasthan continue to pollute groundwater: NGT
The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the …
April 13, 2021
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Agriculture

Shortage of labourers, gunny bags: Punjab in a spot over wheat procurement

The procurement process technically started April 10, but ran into several hassles. It has been slow across the state, and has not even started at some places. Photo: Vikas Choudhary
The process started April 10, but ran into several hassles on the first 2 days. It has been …
April 13, 2021
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