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Lakshadweep Administration implements project Barn Owls to fight rodent me
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Sunday said that the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration successfully implemented the Project Barn Owls with the support of the Kerala Forest Department to manage the menace of the rodents
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Study finds estrogen may lessen severity of COVID-19 symptoms in women
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine conducted a review in an effort to understand why men are at greater risk for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age. The scientists conducted a review of the published preclin
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5 held, 9 hippopotamus tusks seized
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Five people were arrested for the smuggling of nine hippopotamus tusks in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Saturday, said Ravi Shankar, Chief Conservator of Forests.
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Environment Ministry seeks to be removed from parties on plea to ban anima
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Federation for Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), which has filed a plea seeking to ban the use of animals in circuses, on an application of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chang
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Estrogen may lessen severity of COVID-19 symptoms in women, says study
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], Aug 28 (ANI): In an effort to understand why men are at greater risk for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine conducted a review of published preclinical data on sex-specific hormone activit
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Forest department captures leopard, shifts to state zoo in Assam's Guwahat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): A leopard was captured by the forest department officials near a human habitat in the city's Maligaon area on Wednesday night.
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Forest department rescues two pythons from Uttarakhand's Haldwani
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) [India], August 25 (ANI): Two pythons were rescued here from Gaulapar area in Haldwani when farmers were working on their field and later released to a jungle by the forest department on Monday.
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Speaker asks officials to probe tiger deaths at Mukundra Hills Reserve
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday met officials of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Rajasthan Forest Department over the death of tigers at Rajasthan's third tiger reserve, the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) in Kota.
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Leopard that had killed child shot dead in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pratapnagar (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): A leopard was shot dead by shooters of the forest department in Dewal, Pratapnagar.
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Odisha: Forest Dept to execute projects worth Rs 602 cr under MGNREGA in 2
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): During the financial year 2020-21, the Odisha Forest Department formulated forestry projects of Rs 602 crores which is duly approved by MGNREGA Convergence Committee.
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Uttarakhand: Leopard that had killed child shot dead
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): The leopard that had killed a child and other animals, was shot dead by shooters of forest department at Deval area of Pratapnagar in Uttarakhand, Divisional Forest Officer, Dr Coco Rose said on Saturday.
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Wild bear attacks man at residential area in Odisha's Kalahandi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhawanipatna (Odisha) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): A wild bear entered a residential area of the Bhawanipatna city in Odisha's Kalahandi district, triggering panic among citizens after it attacked a person on Friday, district forest officer Nitish Kumar said.
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