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Uttarakhand Police to register FIR against those spreading rumours about f
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 28 (ANI): An FIR is being registered against people, who are spreading rumours about fire in the forests of Uttarakhand, and stringent legal action will be taken against them, said Ashok Kumar, Director General (law and order) on Wednesday.
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Forest fire breaks out in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], May 23 (ANI): A forest fire broke out in Srinagar of Pauri Garhwal district here on Saturday.
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Fire erupts in forest near Srisailam temple in AP, doused
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): A fire erupted in a forest near Srisailam Temple in Kurnool district on Thursday night. It was doused in the wee hours of Friday, said fire officer Ranga Swami.
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Shivamogga forest dept. spreads awareness about preventing forest fires
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): In a bid to prevent forest fires in Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Shivamogga forest authorities have urged farmers not to burn their crop residue in the forest area for the next couple of months.
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Bollywood divas urge people to donate, act on Australia bushfires
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): With the big blaze in Australian state of Victoria destroying the flora and fauna of the area inch-by-inch, Bollywood divas including 'Climate Warrior' Bhumi Pednekar are taking to social media platforms to share their concern over the major environmental degr
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Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman donate USD 500K to help battle Australia wildfi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are the latest to join the list of celebrities who have pledged to donate funds to support firefighters in their battle against Australia's devastating wildfires.
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Valparaiso fires may have been set intentionally, says Chilean president
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Dec. 27 (ANI): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Thursday said there are indications that the forest fire in Valparaiso city, which has destroyed at least 245 houses nearby, may have been set intentionally.
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Leonardo DiCaprio refutes Brazilian president's claim that he funded Amazo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Leonard DiCaprio has refuted the accusations made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood actor funded nonprofit organisations who are behind the Amazon forest fires.
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Climate change a global threat to human rights: Bachelet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that climate change is a rapidly growing and a global threat to human rights and underlined that incidents like forest fires raging in the Amazon is "burning up our future"
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Major industrialised nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon forest
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Uttarakhand forest fires: SC asks petitioner to file additional documents
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the petitioner to file additional documents in support of their Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which had sought urgent steps to protect the forest, wildlife and birds in the wake of the forest fires in Uttarakhand.
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J-K: Fire breaks out in forest in Rajouri
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 20 (ANI): A fire broke out in the Dungi block of Shahpur forest area of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir.
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