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Parliamentary standing committees reconstituted, Shashi Tharoor continues
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Parliamentary standing committees have been reconstituted for a new term and Congress members continue to head panels on Home, Information Technology and Environment and Forests.
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Parliamentary standing committees reconstituted, Sushil Modi heads panel
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Parliamentary standing committees have been reconstituted for a fresh term and Congress members continue to head panels on Home, Information Technology and Environment and Forests.
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Eco-friendly toy train flagged off at Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 9 (ANI): Odisha's Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha flagged off the eco-friendly battery-operated Toy Train at Nadnankanana Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar on Friday.
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Paddy area in Punjab, Haryana, UP comes down by 7.72 pc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change on Friday informed that the total paddy area in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and eight National Capital Region (NCR) districts of Uttar Pradesh have come down by 7.72 per cent this year as compare
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Rescued 187 captives in country's northwestern Zamfara state, say Nigerian
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Zamfara [Nigeria], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian police have rescued 187 people that were held by bandits in the Tsibiri forest in the northwestern state of Zamfara, media reported.
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Extend deadline for public comments on proposed amendments in Forest Conse
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Binoy Viswam, Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, on Thursday wrote a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav requesting him to extend the deadline for the public comments on proposed amendments in Forest Conservation Ac
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Uttarakhand: Jim Corbett National Park may be renamed as Ramganga National
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 6 (ANI): Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand may be renamed as 'Ramganga National Park'.
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Do not go for kill immediately, it may not be man-eater tiger: Madras HC t
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 5 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday asked the Tamil Nadu Forest Department not to kill a tiger immediately as it may not be a man-eater tiger.
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Wild Elephant rescued from pit in Odisha village
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Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], October 4 (ANI): In a midnight operation, the forest department rescued an elephant that had fallen into a pit at Tembatola village of Bangiriposhi range here, said the Forest Department.
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Telangana Forest Dept staff, tribals tussle over land; 3 women injured
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Kothagudem (Telangana) [India], October 2 (ANI): Tensions prevailed at Ambedkar Nagar in Kothagudem district of Telangana on Friday when the forest officials allegedly attacked women cultivators with an axe in the area.
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Environment Ministry launches series of guidelines for projects on ecotour
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New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): With an aim to promote a better understanding of nature and wildlife conservation, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Saturday released the 'Guidelines for sustainable Ecotourism in forest and wildlife areas'.
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Environment ministry to come up with draft policy on electronic waste soon
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will soon come up with a draft policy on electronic waste, sources said.
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