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Leopard which entered university campus in Tirupati captured
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The first department captured a leopard at the Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati after setting up traps including two cages in the jungle, according to an official on Sunday.
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Andhra Pradesh: Gold traders robbed in forest area; Police start probe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Officials of Andhra Pradesh Police on Sunday launched a search operation against 'unidentified persons', accused of beating two gold traders and robbing them in the forest area of Prakasam District.
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Meeting of panel under Union forest ministry resolves to protect wildlife
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Protection of wildlife ad theyr habitats were among the key takeaways of a meeting of the Consultative Committee of Member of Parliament, under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was held on Friday in New Delhi.
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ED attaches 45-acre land of DMK Minister A Raja
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During the course of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigation, ED found that A Raja during his tenure as minister of environment and forests had granted environmental clearances to a real estate company, based out of Gurugram, according to a statement from ED released on l
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Central Crime Branch raids former minister's farm house in Karnataka, find
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On the basis of the statement of a person found by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police while selling deer skin in Bengaluru, CCB police and forest department personnel raided the farm house owned by former Minister SS Mallikarjuna and found wild animals.
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Ants shed light on predicting evolution after hybridization
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.
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12-14 cheetahs to be brought from African countries in next five year: Uni
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A total of 12-14 cheetahs are intended to be brought from South Africa, Namibia, and other African Countries over a period of five years as per the Action Plan, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha.
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Zomi people in India-Myanmar border fight to win back forest land, resourc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Previously known as Chin, Kuki or Lushai was a community of non-tribal people from Burma, India and Bangladesh. These names loosely translate to the 'Wild Hill Tribes' by which the British colonial rulers in the pre-independence era used to address them.
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President Murmu calls for sustainable management of forest resources
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Highlighting the need for the conservation of nature and wildlife, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday called for sustainable management of forest resources saying forests are the anchors for all life on earth.
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CM Chouhan inaugurates International Forest Fair, says it's a means of inc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a seven-day International Forest Fair organised at Lal Parade ground in the state capital Bhopal on Tuesday.
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Early forests did not significantly change atmospheric CO2: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land plants affect the climate.
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Royal Bee Brothers recently added two more rare forest honey to its wing b
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI/SRV): Katarniyaghat forest, Bahraich-based Royal Bee Brothers India's largest forest honey producer company, recently launched two more rare forest honey by the name of Ashwathama forest honey, harvested from the forests of Jharkhand and Kalki forest ho
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