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Muraleedharan to visit Congo, represent India at Three Basins Summit
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan will be on a two-day visit to Congo to participate in the 'Second Summit of Three Basins for Biodiversity Ecosystem and Tropical Forests'
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India to host meeting of UN Forum to deliberate on forest fires and forest
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is organising a Country-Led Initiative (CLI) event as part of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) from October 26-28, 2023 at the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
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Vijyayadashmi: Effigy of Ravana burnt in Assam's Mirza
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
On the occasion of Vijayadashami, the burning of an effigy of about 150-feet tall Ravan took place at Mirza in Kamrup district in the presence of Assam Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary and BJP local MLA Hemanga Thakuria. As per the release, On the occasion of Vijaya Dashami the burning
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Commission for Air Quality Management urges states to use greener buses
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to an official press release from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, "Towards the objective of strengthening efficient and cleaner public transport services within the National Capital Region (NCR), the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining
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Tamil Nadu: Man killed by wild elephant in Thally
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in Tamil Nadu. With civilisation ever-expanding and forest cover shrinking, human-wildlife conflicts have become inevitable.
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Tiger census begins at Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
S .K. Popli, Indian Forest Service, Principal Chief Conservator Forest(Wild Life) and CWLW Odisha said, "The Odisha Forest Department will conduct a yearly tiger census starting November 1, 2023. The census will be conducted in three phases: sign survey, line-transect survey, and camera trap
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Karnataka CM promises quota benefit for sportspersons in government jobs
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Presently, a 3 per cent reservation is provided to sportspersons in the police and forest departments, and the government is poised to positively reconsider this percentage, extending the reservation to 2 per cent in other government sectors.
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Tamil Nadu: Wild gaur enters Kotagiri town in Nilgiris
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The residents in the Kotagiri area fear the bison attacks around the residential areas and want the foresters to be active round-the-clock to tackle the man-animal conflict in the backdrop of drying jungles forcing wild animals to stray out.
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Assam: Woman killed after attacked by wild elephant in Goalpara
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A woman was killed in Assam's Goalpara district after being attacked by a wild elephant on Tuesday, according to a forest official.
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Government identifies 11 eco-tourism sites to attract tourists: Himachal C
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Sukhu said that the government has identified 11 eco-tourism sites in forest areas having scenic and natural beauty including Swaar, Saurabh Van Vihar, Neugal Park, Bir-Billing in Palampur forest division, Kasol, Kheer Ganga and Sumarupa in Parvati forest division, Sojha in Seraj, Narkanda i
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Bolt.Earth and Forest Capital Join Forces: Rs 200 Crore Investment to Enab
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], October 17: Bolt.Earth, India's leading EV ecosystem enabler, has announced a landmark partnership with Forest Capital, a visionary financier committed to investing in electric vehicles and green infrastructure. Together, they are set to invest over INR 200 Cro
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Naxal killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The naxal was killed in the encounter between security forces in the forest of Bandepara, police said.
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