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Prakash Javadekar launches NBA-UNDP India's Biodiversity Samrakshan Intern
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar launched NBA-UNDP India's Biodiversity Samrakshan Internship Programme and addressed the virtual celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity on Friday.
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COVID-19 and the true cost of wildlife exploitation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Wildlife trade has become big business and the subsequent exploitation of wild animals puts our health, economies and biodiversity at risk, says World Animal Protection as they launch a campaign today targeting G20 leaders to support a permanent wildl
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#StayHomeStaySafe and Celebrate Earth Hour 2020 Digitally
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI/ PRNewswire): For over a decade, monuments, historical buildings and landmarks across the country have celebrated Earth Hour by switching off non-essential lights for an hour on the last Saturday of March. Earth Hour and Lights Out became the global symbol of a
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Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic imp
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Cheap and abundant coal fuelled the industrialisation of Europe, North America and Asia. However, the price tag on coal has never reflected the external cost to society; coal combustion produces more than a third of today's global CO2 emissions and is a m
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Matter of pride India will chair COP convention on migratory species for n
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 62nd edition of Mann Ki Baat radio program said it is a matter of pride that the country will chair COP (Conference Of the Parties) convention on migratory species for next three years.
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PM Modi to inaugurate UN Convention on Migratory Species through video con
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the United Nations (UN) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) through video conferencing on Monday.
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India, Norway agree to jointly tackle environmental concerns
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): India and Norway have agreed to jointly tackle concerns related to oceans, environment and climate matters, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Sunday.
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Biodiversity Flyover in Hyderabad reopened after over one month
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The Biodiversity Flyover here reopened on Saturday after it was closed for over a month following a car accident at the site.
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Madagascar's eastern rainforests might disappear by 2070: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): The island country of Madagascar is a safe haven to thousands of endemic plant and animal species, but going by latest scientific predictions, all this could potentially change in the near future.
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Woman dies after car falls from Hyderabad flyover, Minister directs offici
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Telangana State Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday directed the closure of Biodiversity Flyover to ensure safety measures in place following an accident here which claimed one life.
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Telangana: 1 woman dead, 3 injured after car falls down from flyover in Hy
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): One woman died when a car fell on top of her from the Biodiversity flyover at Raidurgam circle in Hyderabad on Saturday, police said adding three persons were injured in the incident.
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A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural aban
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new research.
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