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Study finds logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need prot
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Logging affects many of the world's tropical forests, and such forests are often considered degraded because they have lost vegetation structure, biomass and carbon stocks. But there has rarely been analysis of whether the ecological health and functionality of these ecosystems are similarly
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Elimination of Maher al-Agal in Syria degrades ability of ISIS to conduct
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed the US military and the intelligence community for eliminating Maher al-Agal, top leader of Islamic State (ISIS), in a successful counter-terrorism operation in Syria and said that the airstrike has degraded the ability
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Human greed leads to chronic land degradation across world, says stark UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 28 (ANI): Land is being degraded and damaged in an unsustainable manner due to human activities, according to a new UN report.
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Air pollution triggered serious problems, says health expert
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As the level of air quality in Delhi degraded post-Diwali, Dr Arunesh Kumar, the Head of Department (HOD) of Pulmonology at Paras Hospital, Gurugram on Saturday said that air pollution has triggered serious health problems.
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Decomposed body found in Delhi's Geeta Colony
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): A body in a completely decomposed situation was found in east Delhi's Geeta Colony on Sunday.
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India working to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030: PM
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed that land degradation poses a special challenge to the developing world and it was the world's sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for future generations.
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BJP leader N V Subhash slams Rahul Gandhi over his 'Hum Do, Hamare Do' rem
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech in the Parliament has degraded his image from the level of "immature" to total 'unaware' as his 'Hum Do, Hamare Do' remark has exposed his "innocence" in politics, said N V Subhash, BJP leader and grandson of former
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Microsoft Teams will stop working on Internet Explorer 11 from Nov 30
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 30 (ANI): Microsoft Teams will no longer work on Internet Explorer 11 starting November 30, 2020, as per a prior announcement made by the company.
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Here's how researchers are improving conditions of degraded coral reefs
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 30 (ANI): In order to improve the conditions of the degraded coral reefs in the ocean, researchers are attracting young fishes by playing the sound of healthy reefs.
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India committed towards land restoration: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar asserted here in a conference organized by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Friday that India is committed for its actions in the country to ensure that
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India to raise target of restoring degraded land, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India will raise its 'ambition' of restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
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India pledges to restore 50 lakh hectares of degraded land by 2030: Javade
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Underlining that desertification is a worldwide problem, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that India will aim to convert degraded land of nearly 50 lakh hectares to fertile land by 2030.
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