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FSSAI urges Centre to take action against AWBI member for 'scaring' milk c
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) wrote to the Centre, accusing Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) member Mohan Singh Ahluwalia of allegedly spreading unsubstantiated fear among the public regarding the adulteration of milk across the co
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Cyclone Fani: Animal lovers seek help to rebuild shelter homes in Odisha
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)[India], May 15 (ANI): Weeks after cyclone Fani hit areas of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, the members of the Animal Welfare Trust Ekamra in Odisha urged people to help in rebuilding the animal shelter in the state.
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Foreigners throng Madurai to witness Jallikattu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Scores of foreigners from across the world on Thursday thronged Madurai to witness famous bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu'.
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Meghan Markle reacts to being called 'fat' like a pro
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): Seems like even the Royals have awkward encounters. Meghan Markle recently visited an animal welfare organisation and was called a 'fat lady'. However, the Duchess of Sussex's reply to it was perfect.
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Elderly to accompany cattle in Delhi govt's 'PG hostels': Gopal Rai
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): In a big step towards animal welfare, Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai announced that the government would open PG hostels for cows and build a gaushala-cum-old age home where elderly would live in their company.
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Animal Welfare Board seeks report on Sidhu's stuffed black partridge gift
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] Dec 18 (ANI): Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has asked Chandigarh's environment department to file a report within three days on a complaint against Navjot Singh Sidhu for gifting Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh a stuffed black partridge.
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NGOs protest against Maha's shoot-at-sight order for tigress
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): A group of animal welfare organisations protested against Maharashtra Forest Department's recent shoot-at-sight orders for a man-eater tigress in Pandharkawda forest.
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Animal Kingdom is legal entity, observes Uttarakhand HC
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday declared the "entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic" as legal entities, with a distinct persona and corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.
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Protest against animal cruelty planned in Hong Kong
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Apr. 09 (ANI): Following a string of animal cruelty cases, a Hong Kong-based animal welfare group, AnimalSaver HK, is planning a sit-in protest, calling on people to join the vigil in a public park in Hong Kong's Central District.
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Immense need of pet education at school level, stresses Jacqueline Fernand
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who has joined hands with The Body Shop, as its face, for the first ever campaign of its kind for a global ban on cosmetics animal testing, feels there is need of pet education and animal welfare to be taught at the school level
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Jallikattu row: AWBI files affidavit in SC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking that the Tamil Nadu Government's law on bull-taming sport Jallikattu be made invalid.
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SC to hear Animal Welfare Board's plea against Jallikattu ordinance t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan.31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear several pleas regarding controversial bull-taming sport Jallikattu, including the crucial one by the Animal Welfare board of India(AWBI) seeking the State Government law to be made invalid on the sport.
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