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MoEF&CC sends letter to States/UTs advising immediate restriction on human
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6: As a preventive measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus among animals, the Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change on Monday advised restriction of human-animal interaction.
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Pathankot Forest Division makes efforts to tackle COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pathankot (Punjab) [India], April 5 (ANI): The forest Division Pathankot is making special efforts to ease the situation arising after the COVID-19 outbreak by providing essential services to the people, officials said.
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COVID-19: Environment Ministry employees pledge Rs 1.14 cr to PM CARES Fun
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced that all personnel at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and its 13 related offices will contribute their one day salary, approximately around Rs 1.14 crore, to the Prime Minister's Cit
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Tribal Ministry asks States to prevent distress sale of non-timber forest
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Amid concerns caused by the coronavirus, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has written to the States that unscrupulous market forces may try to exploit the tribal gatherers by pushing them to distress sale of Non-Timbe
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TRIFED writes to states, UTs outlining impact of COVID-19 on tribals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Tribal Cooperation Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) on Friday wrote to the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) and all state-level nodal agencies over combating the impact of COVID-19 on Non-Timber Forest Product
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Fire erupts in forest near Srisailam temple in AP, doused
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): A fire erupted in a forest near Srisailam Temple in Kurnool district on Thursday night. It was doused in the wee hours of Friday, said fire officer Ranga Swami.
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Kerala Forest Dept told to supply essential goods to tribals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Kerala Forest Department has directed its officials to take essential commodities including food and medicine for tribal settlements in the state in view of the nationwide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Leopard strays into Sector 5 house in Chandigarh
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A leopard entered a house in Sector 5 on Monday.
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IFS trainee tested positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): One of the three trainees of Indian Forest Services (IFS), who had tested negative for COVID-19 on March 27, has tested positive on Sunday.
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3 trainee IFS officers test negative for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Three COVID-19 patients, who are Indian Forest Service (IFS) trainee officers have tested negative, Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Office said on Friday.
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Prakash Javadekar interacts with officers, asks them to stay positive
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that he has interacted with 400 officers from the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through an audio bridge and told
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Two trainee IFS officers tested positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Two more trainee Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Dehradun on Thursday evening, informed officials of Uttarakhand health department.
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