Banaras

/ bəˈnɑːrəz /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Benares

Example Sentences

"Our study found that shrinking sunshine hours are linked to clouds that linger longer without releasing rain, blocking more sunlight. These longer-lasting clouds form indirectly due to aerosols that alter weather and climate," says Manoj Kumar Srivastava, a professor of geophysics at the Banaras Hindu University, and one of the authors of the study.

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Scientists from Banaras Hindu University, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the India Meteorological Department report that the steepest annual declines occurred in the northern inland region - notably Amritsar and Kolkata - as well as along the Himalayan belt and the west coast, particularly Mumbai.

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Escalating concerns about climate change's impact on global food security inspired researchers from Banaras Hindu University in India to create a way to explore how these factors influence crop yields.

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Meanwhile, Banaras focuses on vegetarian and vegan dishes from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with dishes such as roasted wheat dumplings with spicy mashed veggies.

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Still, other ancestral source populations, such as those from the steppe, remain somewhat “vague,” says biological anthropologist Gyaneshwer Chaubey at Banaras Hindu University.

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