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Probe launched after Raveena Tandon's tiger video goes viral
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Raveena Tandon, who was recently enjoying the lush green flora and fauna of Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, posted a video on her social media handle, where she could be seen in close proximity to a tiger, while on a safari. However, that didn't settle well with the forest reserv
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Study finds how forests benefit from variety of tree species, genetic dive
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study, reforestation operations should contain a variety of tree species and ensure genetic diversity within each species to maximize the health and production of new forests.
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Cobra battalion head constable killed in gunfight with Naxals in Chhattisg
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The incident occurred around 5 pm in the forest between newly established camp Dabbakonta and Pentapad under Chintagufa police station of the district. The head constable was identified as Suleman, a resident of Palakkad district, Kerala.
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Aarey forest: SC allows Mumbai Metro to pursue plea for felling trees befo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) was allowed by the Supreme Court to pursue its application before the Tree Authority to cut 84 trees at Aarey forest for the metro car shed project, on Tuesday.
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Meghalaya to set up 7 BOPs along Assam border
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Meghalaya government on Tuesday decided to set up seven Border Outposts (BOP) along the border with Assam following six persons including five from Meghalaya and one Assam Forest Guard were killed in a firing incident at Mukroh area along Assam-Meghalaya border.
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LATIN AMERICAN CARIBBEAN TRADE OFFICE inaugurated in Bangalore
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI/SRV): The LATIN AMERICAN CARIBBEAN TRADE OFFICE in association with the Indian Economic Trade Organization inaugurated the Trade Office in Bengaluru which was well attended by the Business community in Karnataka state and other parts of India. The Ambassa
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Formation of rich Asian mammal diversity explored in new study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Asia is home to a great many species as well as 14 of the globe's 36 biodiversity hotspots. Its present biodiversity is assumed to be linked to diverse Cenozoic events, including very active mountain building and climatic changes.
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New analysis finds pandemic didn't dampen deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over the last 15 years, according to a recent study from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
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Kerala Police arrest ganja mafia from Odisha forests
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Samson Gandha (34) and his accomplice Ismail Gandha (27), who were distributing ganja to Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, were arrested by Thadiyittaparamba police in Ernakulam district from Sree Palli tribal area in Odisha," the police said.
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Jharkhand: 20 kg IED found inside plastic container during joint search op
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The search operation was conducted jointly with the state police in a forested area of Jobhi Khutwar axis in Hazaribagh district.
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Two female Namibian cheetahs shifted to big enclosure at Kuno National Par
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Under the supervision of experts in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, two female Namibian Cheetahs were released into a bigger enclosure, said District Forest Officer Prakash Kumar Verma on Sunday.
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Elephant carcass found in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Divisional forest officer Sanjay Yadav said, "The body of an elephant was found again in the forest near Pakni village of Ghui Forest Examination Centre. The age of the elephant is said to be 20 to 25 years and the cause of the death is still unknown."
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