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Jharkhand: Police busts opium cultivation in Naxal-hit Lohardaga forest
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Jharkhand Police on Monday destroyed the cultivation of Opium on a 1-acre land in Jobang Uldag of ultra-naxalite affected forest area of Lohardaga district.
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Canadian star Gordon Pinsent dies at 92
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Veteran actor Gordon Pinsent has passed away. His notable projects include 'Due South', 'The Red Green Show' and 'The Grand Seduction' as well as CBC programs like 'The Forest Rangers', 'Quentin Durgens, M.P.' and 'Street Legal'.
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West Bengal: Forest department's 'Airawat' to protect Madhyamik candidates
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A special vehicle named 'Airawat' has been deployed for the safety of the Madhyamik examinees at Jalpaiguri's Mantadari forest area under Baikinthupur forest division a day after the death of a student at Maharajghat.
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Karnataka: Wild tusker that killed two captured in Dakshin Kannada
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We have successfully captured the elephant which claimed the lives of two persons," Deputy Conservator of Forest Dr. Dinesh Kumar Y.K told ANI.
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Climate 'spiral' threatens land carbon stores: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Dramatic changes to forests, and other habitats that store carbon in plants and soils, are becoming more likely in some regions across Earth, with less carbon consistently absorbed by the 'land carbon sink' provided by trees, soil and plants, according to scientists writing in Nature
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Migratory Birds Flock to TVSM Factory in Hosur
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hosur (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): TVS Motor Company, a reputed manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the world, has always promoted treasuring and protecting biodiversity conservation. This has been the vision of the Chairman Emeritus, Venu Srinivasan, and
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Under India's G20 Presidency, the concept of Green Growth is a priority ar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Highlighting that the Union Budget 2023-24, laid down the vision for 'Green Growth', Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, today delivered the keynote address on Visionary Leadership for mainstreaming Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience at t
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TERI's annual flagship event WSDS to open tomorrow; Guyana Vice President,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Vice President of Guyana, the COP28-President designate, and the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate will inaugurate the 22nd edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) hosted by The Energy and Resources Instit
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Plantation on degraded forest land to be taken up soon on a large scale: C
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
CM Sukhu informed that plantation should be done keeping in mind the suitable climatic conditions and dedicated staff would be deployed as protectors to take care of the plantations in a responsible and accountable manner.
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Chhattisgarh: NIA files chargesheet against accused in Modakpal 'exchange
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Investigation revealed that an exchange of fire between security personnel (District Reserve Guard) and armed cadres of the proscribed terrorist organization CPI(Maoist) took place on August 7 last year, in the forest area along Bogla-Pangur villages.
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"Govt committed to working for welfare of farmers": Bhupender Yadav at wor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav commended the concerted and collaborative efforts of the Commission and State Governments of Haryana and Punjab and all other stakeholders to substantially bring down the paddy farm fire coun
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Madhya Pradesh: Namibian cheetahs to be released into the wild in a month,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The first set of Cheetahs brought from Namibia was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Kuno National Park here in September, when eight of the big cats were flown in to revive their population in India after over half a century it went extinct in the country.
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