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Uttarakhand plans genetic improvement of its indigenous Badri cow

Uttarakhand plans genetic improvement of its indigenous Badri cow

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To increase the productivity of its small indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on Himalayan medicinal herbs, Uttarakhand is now planning its genetic improvement. To recent Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with Uttarakhand bureaucrats, Hill State Livestock Department officials proposed to use sex sorted semen technology to improve production of Badri cattle. …

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Uttarakhand plans genetic improvement of its indigenous Badri cow

Uttarakhand plans genetic improvement of its indigenous Badri cow

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To increase the productivity of its small indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on Himalayan medicinal herbs, Uttarakhand is now planning its genetic improvement. To recent Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with Uttarakhand bureaucrats, Hill State Livestock Department officials proposed to use sex sorted semen technology to improve production of Badri cattle. …

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The squadron plans nearly a dozen large batteries in favor of "firm" renewable energies

The squadron plans nearly a dozen large batteries in favor of “firm” renewable energies

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Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy has turned firmly to the battery storage market after its surprise purchase of $4 billion plus the CWP Renewables portfolio earlier this week. Acquisition of CWP brings Squadron’s pipeline and portfolio of large-scale renewable energy projects to approximately 20 GW, and also includes 11 co-located battery storage projects …

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From the ashes: Near Chernobyl, a war-torn town plans to relaunch nuclear research

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A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 378, Issue 6624.Download PDF SLAVUTYCH, UKRAINE—In one of the last acts of camaraderie in a fractured nation, Soviet workers from the Baltics to the Caucasus converged on a pine forest in the late 1980s to build a Ukrainian city from scratch. Slavutych was a new home …

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EU unveils plans to reduce plastic and packaging waste in Europe

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The EU executive wants to ban mini shampoo bottles in hotels and the use of disposable cups in cafes and restaurants, as part of sweeping legislative proposals to cut mountains of waste across Europe. A draft EU regulation published on Wednesday also proposes mandatory deposit and return schemes for single-use plastic drinks bottles and metal …

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This new chestnut? USDA plans to allow release of genetically modified trees into wild forests

This new chestnut? USDA plans to allow release of genetically modified trees into wild forests

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Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them – the American chestnut – no longer does, except in rare cases. During the first half of the 20th century, billions of chestnut trees died due to an exotic fungus, which was introduced into this country on Japanese chestnut. …

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‘Tangled mess of inaction’: Hundreds of endangered species recovery plans expire in next six months

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Hundreds of endangered species recovery plans will reach their expiry date in the next six months as the government mulls over how to reform Australia’s flawed environmental protection system. Documents given to Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws detail how a lack of resources, disagreements with state governments and the growing list of endangered …

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‘Tangled mess of inaction’: Hundreds of endangered species recovery plans expire in next six months

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Hundreds of endangered species recovery plans will reach their expiry date in the next six months as the government mulls over how to reform Australia’s flawed environmental protection system. Documents given to Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws detail how a lack of resources, disagreements with state governments and the growing list of endangered …

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UN climate chief plans to upend annual COP talks after criticism

UN climate chief plans to upend annual COP talks after criticism

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The recently appointed UN climate chief plans to revamp the annual international summit to ensure it is transparent and delivers results after a controversial conclusion to this year’s COP27 in Egypt. Speaking hours after the conclusion of the climate conference in Egypt, Simon Stiell, head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said …

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Gravitics raises $20 million for plans to build space station modules north of Seattle

Gravitics raises $20 million for plans to build space station modules north of Seattle

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An artist’s conception shows Gravitics’ StarMax module in Earth orbit. (gravity illustration) A space company called Gravitics has emerged on the sly with $20 million in seed funding and a plan to build space station modules at a 42,000 square foot facility north of Seattle in Marysville, Wash. As NASA plans to phase out the …

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