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Education in Guyana to be Improved with US$44M World Bank Project
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved financing of US$44 million for the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project. The project will focus on expanding access to quality education at the secondary…
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Lauds Ahmedabad University’s Unique Learning…
Ahmedabad: Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, visited Ahmedabad University on May 31, 2022, accompanied by the Minister of Education, Higher and Technical…
Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey to inaugurate Green Urja Conclave at IIT Delhi on World…
New Delhi: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey will inaugurate the Green Urja Conclave 2022 and Green Globe Awards ceremony at IIT Delhi on World Environment Day, on June 5. The Union…
8000 years of Great Barrier Reef climate history revealed
A group of Australian scientists have for the first time unravelled the history of climate change upheaval on the Great Barrier Reef over the past eight millennia.
Led by University of Queensland graduate Dr Marcos Salas-Saavedra, the…
Al Gore and Pablo Isla, among the speakers confirmed for South Summit Madrid 2022
Madrid: South Summit, co-organized by IE University, the leading meeting of the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, will be held in Madrid between June 8-10. The inauguration of the 10th South Summit will be attended by Al Gore,…
Erratic temperatures causing more deaths than heatwaves: study
A Monash-led study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, has revealed that from 2000 to 2019, an average of 1.75 million deaths each year were associated with temperature variability (unstable temperatures).
The study, using data…
First ever net zero transatlantic flight to take to the skies in 2023
World’s first net-zero emissions transatlantic flight could be delivered by the UK government and industry as early as next year, ushering in a new era of guilt-free flying in the coming decades.
The pioneering flight, on an aircraft…
MIT Climate “Plug-In” highlights first year of progress on MIT’s climate plan
In a combined in-person and virtual event on Monday, members of the three working groups established last year under MIT’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan reported on the work they’ve been doing to meet the plan’s goals, including…
Union Environment Minister delivers the National Statement at the 15th Session of the Conference of…
Union Minister, for Environment, Forest and Climate Chnage, Shri Bhupender Yadav delivered National Statementat the 15th Session of the Conference of Parties of UNCCD today. He was addressing the United Nations Convention to Combat…
University of Texas at Austin: Newly Discovered Lake May Hold Secret to Antarctic Ice Sheet’s Rise…
Scientists investigating the underside of the world’s largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest beginnings. That would answer…