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Several brands of honey in India are adulterated with sugar syrup finds CSE
•"Honey samples from leading brands such as Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Zandu, Hitkari and Apis Himalaya, all failed the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) test," the study said.
Honey sold by major brands in India adulterated with sugar syrup, claims CSE report
•The Centre for Science and Environment food researchers selected 13 top brands such as Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Zandu who sell raw honey, to check their purity
ICSE, ICS 2020 date sheet: CISCE announces pending papers to be conducted between 1 and 14 July
Fp Staff •The Council for the India School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced revised dates for the remaining ICSE and ISC exams.
India's renewable energy sector might fail to meet its 175 GW target by 2022: CSE report
•The stagnation in the sector is caused by auctions and power purchase agreements (PPAs) to rising costs and payment delays.
Over 70 percent of air quality monitoring stations are not collecting data: CSE report
•122 non-attainment cities have been asked to reduce particulate pollution by 20-30 percent by 2024 from 2017 levels.
Authorities in Delhi seek to tackle worsening air quality with odd-even scheme, green crackers and free masks, but experts unsure of execution
Debobrat Ghose123 •Declaring a war of sorts, both the Delhi state government and the Centre have come up with plans at various levels to firefight the air pollution menace in the National Capital Region
'India is open defecation free': Experts question govt claim, say scheme is ‘archaic’, people might slip back to their old habit
•Experts questioned the government's claim of the country becoming open defecation free
COP24: Civil society groups term Katowice draft 'weak'; developing nations demand more funds to fight climate change
Karthikeyan Hemalatha •Civil society organisations from India as well as other countries have dubbed the draft rulebook released at COP24, UN Conference on Climate Change, in Katowice, Poland, as weak and inadequate to fight the challenges that the world faces
COP24 Poland: UN chief Antonio Guterres to nudge climate negotiators on Paris rulebook
Ians123 •While UN Chief will have no direct role in the negotiations, his presence was expected to help nudge the talks towards a positive conclusion
Shimla sees improvement in water availability six months after crisis, but winter may offer reality check
Ashwani Sharma •It is high time to look at possible solutions to the problem of the shortage of drinking water in Shimla, especially in the light of global concern about climate change.