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American choreographer Derek Hough marries Hayley Erbert in redwood fores
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert tied the knot in Monterey County, California, on Saturday in front of 106 guests, reported People.
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Manchester United manager provides injury update on Raphael Varane
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
After eking out a narrow 3-2 victory against Nottingham Forest, Manchester United have been dealt with a possible injury blow ahead of their much-awaited clash against Arsenal.
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National Zoological Park celebrates first birthday of white tigress SITA's
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
National Zoological Park on Saturday celebrated the first birthday of the white tigress SITA's twin cubs, Avni and Vyom.
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"In this hour of crisis, India stands with the people": PM Modi on Greece
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
PM Narendra Modi said, "Today, I express my sympathies to the people of Greece. When the forest fires started here, it became a major crisis. Several people in Greece died. In this hour of crisis, India stands with the people of Greece."
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Heatwaves are getting more deadly and frequent
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The old, the ill, and the poor are especially vulnerable to the devastating effects of heatwaves like the one we are presently experiencing. One of the deadliest natural disasters in recent memory, the 2003 heatwave that saw temperatures in Europe exceed 47.5 degrees Celsius claimed between
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Centre likely to issue guidelines for use of forest land for non-forest pu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"We are working on a set of guidelines that will be out soon to ensure there is no misuse of these exemptions. The exemptions have been made for strategically important projects to make the approval process less cumbersome," the official, on the condition of anonymity, told ANI.
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Assam Govt issues notification banning plastic water bottles below 1 litre
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Assam Environment and Forest Department on August 23, issued a notification, prohibiting the use or manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale of plastic water bottles below 1000 ml capacity in the state from October 2 this year.
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Ivory possession case; Kerala Court rejects govt's plea, orders actor Moha
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to the order of the Kerala High Court, the court again heard the government's plea to withdraw the ivory case and that there is no public interest, the court accepted the plea of the petitioners that the government cannot take a decision only on behalf of an individual.
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Himachal: 10 people including 5 forest officials stuck in Mandi's Kol dam
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As many as ten people, who got stuck in a boat at Kol dam reservoir in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi due failure of their vessel, have been rescued in a midnight operation, officials of NDRF said on Monday.
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Himachal rains: 10 people including 5 forest officials stuck in Koldam in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As per the Deputy Commissioner of Mandi Arindam Chaudhary, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local administration teams are present on the spot for rescue operations.
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Assam: 'Aaranyak' takes up elephant habitat improvement to mitigate human-
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has initiated an ambitious project for improvement of elephant habitat in Assam's Rowta Reserve Forest to mitigate Human Elephant Conflict (HEC).
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MoU signed between NHAI, Assam forest department to increase tree cover
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a bid to increase forest cover on the sides of national highways in Assam, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Environment and Forest Department, the Assam Government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Saturday in the presence of the Minister of
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