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Delhi: Gahlot inspects Dwarka hotspot, directs immediate crackdown on air
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Environment Minister in Delhi government Kailash Gahlot on Friday inspected Dwarka sub-city, a designated hot spot by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and took stock of efforts to check the prevailing ambient air quality situation.
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Delhi court grants bail to Vijendra Gupta in defamation complaint by AAP l
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to BJP MLA Vijendra Gupta in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed by Delhi environment minister Imran Hussain for accusing him of taking a bribe to allow felling of 16,000 trees in the national capital.
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Javadekar backs cutting trees at Aarey, says development and environment p
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Amid ongoing public protests against the cutting of trees at Aarey colony in Mumbai, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday backed the proposed metro shed in Aarey forest area and said that development and environment protection
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Kejriwal urges Punjab, Haryana CMs to take urgent action on crop stubble b
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to his counterparts in Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar urging them to take urgent action on the issue of crop stubble burning.
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PM Modi to address UN Climate Action Summit on Sept 23
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
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Japan minister suggests dumping radioactive water in Pacific Ocean
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Sept 11 (ANI): Eight years after the nuclear disaster, Japan's Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada suggested dumping the radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
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Pak knocked on several doors, but entire world stood with India on Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that despite Pakistan trying very hard the entire world sided with India on the decision of the Central government to withdraw Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Union Environment Minister Javadekar meets Uttarakhand CM
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
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Tree cover increased in last 5 years, says Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday highlighted that the tree cover area has increased across the nation in the last five years.
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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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BRICS nations come together for Urban Environmental Management
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], Aug 16 (ANI): Acknowledging the importance of urban environmental management for improving quality of life in cities, the Environment Ministers of BRICS countries on Friday agreed to work together to resolve the multifaceted environmental issues faced by BRICS cities.
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Delhi: Kailash Gahlot appointed as new environment minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Kailash Gahlot, a minister in the Delhi government, was given the additional portfolio of Environment, Forest and Wildlife after a minor reshuffle in the Arvind Kejriwal government on July 13.
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