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Children create 'micro oxygen chamber' by planting 750 sapling in Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana, (Punjab) [India], June 13 (ANI): As the second wave of COVID has made us realise the importance of oxygen, a group of children created a micro oxygen chamber (micro forest) on Sunday by planting 750 tree saplings in Punjab's Ludhiana.
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NGT expresses displeasure at Centre for not responding to plea challenging
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday registered its displeasure with Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Mines, Power and Coal, for not filing any response even after nine months in the petition challenging its n
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Naxal killed in encounter in Odisha's Bargarh district
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bargarh (Odisha) [India], June 11 (ANI): A senior Naxal cadre has been gunned down by a joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) jawans and Odisha Police during an exchange of fire inside a reserve forest in Padampur area of Bargarh district, said Odisha DGP Abhay on Friday.
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Govt has taken effective measures to manage plastic waste: Prakash Javadek
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clarion call to phase out single-use plastics by 2022, and the government has taken effective measures to manage plastic w
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Kerala Opposition walks out from Assembly over illegal felling of trees in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Kerala Assembly, alleging that the Left government of shielding culprits in the illegal recent mass felling and smuggling of trees by forest mafia in
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SC directs Haryana govt to remove houses constructed illegally in Aravali
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Haryana government and the other authorities concerned, to remove around 10,000 houses constructed illegally at Khori village in Haryana's Aravali forest area.
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Set up your own 'food forests' with Hosachiguru's newly launched 100 acres
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Hosachiguru, a Bengaluru-based farm asset management startup, has launched two new managed farmland projects on the outskirts of Bengaluru to cater to the increasing interest in owning farmland and leading a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Uttarakhand to calculate Gross Environmental Product
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 6 (ANI): Uttrakhand has announced that it will include the 'Gross Environmental Product (GPE)' while tallying its gross domestic product, state forest minister Harak Singh Rawat said on Sunday.
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World Environment Day: Haryana CM announces creating 'Oxi-van' in Karnal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 5 (ANI): Underlining the importance of trees on the occasion of World Environment Day, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced that 80 acres of 'Oxi-van' (a forest) will be created in Karnal district for people to visit.
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MP: Jabalpur man creates mini forest on terrace with over 2,500 bonsais
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): A man in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has created a mini-forest on the terrace of his house with over 2,500 bonsais of over 40 different varieties.
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Uttarakhand Forest Dept conserves 73 rare, threatened, endangered plant sp
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): The research wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department on Saturday informed that it conserves 73 rare, threatened and endangered plant species as well as 54 plant species that are endemic to Uttarakhand and Indian Himalayan Region.
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Javadekar urges agriculture sector to save water amid declining availabili
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Raising concerns over the declining water availability in the country, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday called on the Agriculture sector to conserve water as it is consuming nearly 85 per cent of the availab
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