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Nov

2018

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The Healing Ozone

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India Today India Blooms Business Standard Economic Times Financial Express FirstPost Outlook The Week CanIndia New Indian Express Quint NDTV AsiaNet Manorama Eenadu India TV Jagran Josh Hitavada Dainik Bhaskar While the world is debating on climate change and global warming, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have given the environmental evangelists a reason to rejoice. A research team from the Center of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur have come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path. The researchers have collected data from 1979 to 2017, which shows though there was a loss…

Oct

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Say No to Single-Use Plastic

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Students at IIT KGP are working towards preventing single-use plastic usage Business Standard The Week The Echo of India Indian Express (PTI) NDTV Indian Express Indian Express (Print) NewsBytes The Telegraph The Telegraph (Print) About 30 students at IIT KGP have taken up the task of reducing single-use plastic usage in the campus. The students are in the process of forming a students’ society which among other environmental issues will extensively work towards creating social awareness in collecting and disposing of plastic waste including e-waste. The students have led by example not using single-use plastic for over 4 months and…