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Study: Urban forests have fewer bird species than rural
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): According to a new study conducted by Lund University in Sweden, cities have a negative impact on bird diversity. Even if the forest areas are of equal quality, urban woodlands have far fewer bird species than rural forests.
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Bird diversity is lower in urban forests: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): According to a recent study done by Lund University in Sweden, cities have a detrimental impact on bird diversity. Even if the forest areas are of the same quality, urban woods have much fewer bird species than rural forests.
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J-K: Terrorist hideout busted in Ramban; Chinese pistol among arms, ammuni
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 19 (ANI): Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in the higher areas of Sangaldan and Gool forest area in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including a Chinese pistol.
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UST wins the 'Best Environment Protection Initiative of the Year - 2022' a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has won an award for the 'Best Environment Protection Initiative of the Year - 2022' at the Indian CSR Awards by Brand Honchos. The successful plantation and maintenance of 40,
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Gadchiroli Police arrests three Naxalites carrying 10 lakh reward
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], August 28 (ANI): Gadchiroli police on Sunday arrested three Naxalites including one woman after C-60 and CRPF Battalion's joint anti-Naxal operation in the Koyar forest area of Bhamragarh tehsil.
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Massive infrastructure development being done along LAC: Army
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Wacha (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], August 27 (ANI): An Indian Army official on Saturday said that massive infrastructure development is being done along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in order to make surveillance more efficient as the close watch of hideouts become difficult due to the
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No cutting of trees in Aarey forest area; only branches of trees trimmed:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL) on Friday told the Supreme Court that no cutting of trees in the Aarey forest area in Mumbai has been undertaken since 2019, adding that only weeds and bushes were removed by the authorities.
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SC to hear plea against construction of metro car shed in Aarey forest are
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to stop the construction of a metro car shed under the project of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) in Aarey forest area on July 29.
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Fire breaks out in West Bengal's Kandi forest area
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], July 22 (ANI): A forest fire broke out in the Kandi forest area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Friday morning.
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Andhra Pradesh: Forest officials launch 'Operation Cage' to catch tiger on
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Forest officials of Visakhapatnam have started "Operation Cage" to catch a four-year-old tiger which is on the prowl in the forest areas of Anakapalle district for the past few days.
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Mumbai: Protests underway in Aarey, Goregaon against building of metro car
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): People in Mumbai on Sunday took to the streets in protest against the Eknath Shinde government's decision to resume construction of metro car sheds in the Aarey colony forest, claiming the project was being developed at the expense of the forest a
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Body found from JNU campus over two weeks, yet to be identified
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The dead body of a man that was found hanging from a tree in the forest area of the Jawaharlal Nehru University on June 3 has not been identified yet.
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