Salt Lake gets medical camps to fight dengue
KOLKATA: After reviewing the vector-control measures in its MMiC meeting, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is setting up medical camps in the most-affected wards. Since thousands are converging at
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Cities hosting FIFA U-17 are very polluted
“The six cities hosting the tournament — New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, Guwahati and Kolkata — share dangerous levels of air pollution that threaten the health of spectators and athletes," activists
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Head over to MG Road. Know what's in the air
KOCHI: The next time you are on MG Road, take a look at the big screen installed at Seematti. No, there won't be any advertisements. Instead, you will see real-time levels of the various gases and particulates
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Tokyo 2020 rejects NGO claims over timber providers
LIMA (Reuters) - Organizers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday rejected allegations by 47 non-governmental organizations that they had used companies with suspect logging track records, saying all
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Anthropometric and physiological basis of endurance capacity in young Indian field hockey players
<p>High endurance capacity, expressed by VO2max, is essential for optimal performance and is influenced by anthropometric and physiological parameters. 30 Indian young national level field-hockey players
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding camping activities along river Ganga, 22/12/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/12/2016 regarding camping activities along Ganga. The Counsel
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Direct skeletal attachment prosthesis for the amputee athlete: the unknown potential
<p>Lower limb amputees often experience complications with the use of conventional socket-type prostheses, which further reduce their already compromised ability to perform the activities of daily living,
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Elite wheelchair rugby: a quantitative analysis of chair configuration in Australia
<p>Limited recommendations of wheelchair configurations for court sports have been identified in the published literature. To accommodate the wide range of impairments in wheelchair rugby, players are
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Japan Will Make Medals Out Of Recycled Smartphones for 2020 Olympics
Japan is already preparing for the 2020 Olympics, and organizers have decided to use e-wastes to create gold, silver and bronze medals. Japan plans to recycle discarded electronics to create Olympic
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Olympics 2016: Rio hosts grand welcome, highlights dangers of global warming
With a limited budget, the consequence of a biting recession that roiled preparations for South America's first Olympics, Brazil laced its high-energy opening party for the games of the 31st Olympiad with