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Research: Exploring ways to harness plant molecules for solar energy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The current solar panels aren't very efficient as they are only able to convert up to about 20 per cent of the sun's energy into electricity. As a result, to generate a lot of electricity, the panels require a lot of space--sometimes leading forests to be cut down or farms being replaced.
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CM Dhami requests Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav to extend mining permits
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Permission for mining in four prominent rivers of Uttarakhand; Kosi, Gaula, Sarda and Nandaur was extended for one more month till February. I have come to meet Forest Minister and request him to increase the permission for 10 years," said Dhami.
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Chhattisgarh: CM Baghel inaugurates three-day Millet Carnival in Raipur
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the three-day long carnival at Subhash Station wherein a total of 49 stalls have been established. Of 49 stalls, 25 stalls belong to Chhattisgarh.
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South Africa translocates 12 cheetah to India in Cooperation Agreement
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Twelve cheetahs on Friday departed from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting and loss of habitat in the last century, a statement by Depar
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Telangana MP announces adoption of 1000-acre forest land in Kondagattu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In support of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Rajya Sabha MP Santosh Kumar announced the adoption of more than 1000 acres of the Kodimyala forest area in Kondagattu under the 'Green India Challenge initiative'.
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'Sometimes words come out in anger,' says MP Minister Vijay Shah who lost
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Minister Shah on Wednesday said, "We are taking out Vikas Yatra to promote the government scheme to the masses. But some people (Congressmen) are not able to digest this, they make innocent people consume alcohol and send them to the program where they talk nonsense which has no relevance at
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New solar lights installed by Aaranyak to mitigate man-animal conflict nea
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The solar lights have been installed in areas close to Rohita and Bongkual forest camps where the movement of wild animals straying out of the nearby protected areas, is a regular phenomenon that the local villagers have to live with.
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MP Minister Vijay Shah loses temper during Vikas Yatra in Khandwa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Minister Shah slammed the man from the stage alleging that a local Congress leader, Mukesh Darbar, had sent him to spoil the gathering by allegedly offering liquor. Shah added that if the man tried to disrupt the gathering, policemen would break him.
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Issue of Forest Conservation Act, Forest Rights Act clearances to be taken
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday expressed concerns over the alleged delay in the Forest Conservation Act and Forest Rights Act clearances for the developmental projects in the state and said that his government would take up the matter with the Centre.
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Do forest trees really "talk" through underground fungi?
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The idea that forest trees can "talk" to each other, share resources with their seedlings -- and even protect them -- through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles the imagination.
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Govt carried out environmental quality monitoring in 100 industrial areas
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"CPCB has identified 131 cities (including 123 non-attainment cities exceeding NAAQS, which were notified to protect human health) in the country which includes Kanpur city," Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said.
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President Murmu hands Forest Rights Charter to people of Bhoxa community
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday distributed Forest Rights Charter to members of the indigenous Bhoxa community.
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