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Animals the worst-sufferers of land degradation: Director, ZSI
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Animals are the worst victims of land degradation, desertification, and soil erosion, said Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), here on Saturday.
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India committed to minimising impact of desertification: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida [Uttar Pradesh], Sept 2 (ANI): India is committed to finding a long-term solution to minimise the impact of desertification and land degradation, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.
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122 countries have made land degradation neutrality national target: Javad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Sept 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday that 122 countries including India, Brazil, China, Nigeria, Russia and South Africa have agreed to make the sustainable development goal of achieving land degradation neutra
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India to host 14th Conference of Parties, 197 countries expected to partic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India is set to host the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP) from September 02 to 13, confirmed Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.
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Centre committed to preserving country's cinematic heritage: Prakash Javad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 30 (ANI) : The Central government is committed to preserving the country's cinematic heritage, said Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar here on Sunday.
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Gujarat: Crocodile strayed inside temple, devotees gather claiming it to b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mahisagar (Gujarat) [India], June 24 (ANI): In what is seen as a miracle by the people of Palla Village, a crocodile strayed in the premises of Khodiyar Temple during late hours on Sunday.
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Crocodile rescued from Gadhia village near Vadodara
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 23 (ANI): A team of the Forest Department on Sunday rescued a crocodile in Gardhia village, some 80- km away from here.
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Assam: Gaurav Gogoi writes to centre over transportation of elephants to G
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Gaurav Gogoi, Member of Parliament of Indian National Congress from Kaliabor in Assam, has sought centre's help to prevent the transportation of four juvenile elephants from Assam to Gujarat.
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India's forest cover increased by 1% in the last 5 years: Prakash Javadkar
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 7 (ANI): India's forest cover has increased by one per cent in the last five years and similar progress will be made through people's participation, Union Minister for the environment, forest and climate change, Prakash Javadkar has said.
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Prakash Javadekar takes charge as Environment Minister, Babul Supriyo as M
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 1 (ANI): Prakash Javadekar on Saturday took charge as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and said that he would continue to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of addressing climate change and other issues.
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Cost-effective technology vital to curb stubble burning: Mishra
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 26 (ANI): The quest for implementable solutions to stubble burning and attendant atmospheric pollution will require key stakeholders like farmers, industry and government working in tandem, C K Mishra, Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chan
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Govt launches conservation project for Asiatic lions
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched the "Asiatic Lion Conservation Project" with an aim to protect and conserve the world's last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion and its associated ecosystem.
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