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Assam Environment Minister lays foundation stone of Biodiversity Park in G
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sivasagar (Assam) [India], September 8 (ANI): Forests and Environment Minister Parimal Suklabaidiya on Monday laid the foundation stone of another biodiversity park 'Sahitya Manishi Upaban' in Geleki Reserve Forest in Assam's Sivsagar.
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Centre changed fuel standards to BS-VI to reduce air pollution: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): The central government changed the fuel standards to BS-VI as part of efforts to combat pollution and people were getting quality diesel and petrol, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
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Prakash Javadekar to chair webinar on first-ever International Day of Clea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar is set to chair a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies later on Monday.
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Holding exams now can be risky, Aaditya Thackeray writes to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting his personal intervention regarding the "health risk" that the proposed exams of several streams and entrance exams would have for
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Govt focusing on increasing tree cover, carbon stock: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is focusing on enhancing forest quality and increasing tree cover for maximising carbon stock, said Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar at the States Forest Ministers' Conference held in New Del
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IYC protests near Javadekar's residence over EIA draft
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Wednesday protested near the residence of Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar against the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020.
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'Should be scrutinised thoroughly': Tharoor calls for withdrawal of EIA 20
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has urged the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to immediately withdraw the proposed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft in its current form till it is possible to widely deliberate and consult on its proposal
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Lebanese environment minister resigns in wake of Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 09 (Sputnik/ANI): Lebanese Environment and Administrative Development Minister, Damianos Kattar, resigned on Sunday in the wake of a powerful deadly blast in the port of Beirut, media reported.
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Javadekar rebuts objections raised by Jairam Ramesh on draft EIA notificat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday issued a point by point rebuttal to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's objections on the Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020 and termed the "publicity" of his letter as "premature".
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Everyone knows how your father became the CM' Kangana Ranaut slams Aditya
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): After Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray broke his silence on his involvement in the Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, by calling it dirty politics, actor Kangana Ranaut slammed the youth politician in a series of tweets
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Aaditya Thackeray visits areas affected due to rain in Mumbai
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Chahal visited the areas affected due to heavy rains in the city on Tuesday.
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Javadekar calls for sharing best practices among BRICS nations for SDGs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the aspirations of BRICS countries are similar and called for sharing of best practices among the nations towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals.
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