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Is sowing seeds through helicopters possible, Delhi HC asks forest departm
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): In order to find a long term solution to the air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Monday inquired whether darts can be thrown from helicopters to sow seeds in inaccessible forest areas in the city.
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Telangana: Two forest officers drown in Pranahita river
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Komaram Bheem (Telangana) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Two forest beat officers drowned in Pranahitha river after the country boat they were travelling in turned turtle in Komaram Bheem-Asifabad district on Sunday.
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Alarming decline in insect populations, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): Various studies have earlier demonstrated that there are fewer creatures chirping, buzzing, creeping and fluttering in German meadows. And now a recent study reveals many insect species have decreased by one third, affecting the grasslands.
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Gujarat: 12-ft long crocodile rescued from Vadodara
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): A 12-feet-long crocodile which had ventured into the fields in Raval village of Vadodara yesterday, was rescued on Sunday and handed over to the Forest Department.
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Cache of arms recovered in Kashmir's Sopore
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Sopore (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered on Sunday from Dalri forest area in Sopore by security forces.
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Leonardo DiCaprio refutes Brazilian president's claim that he funded Amazo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Leonard DiCaprio has refuted the accusations made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood actor funded nonprofit organisations who are behind the Amazon forest fires.
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Mumbai students' film 'Clean and Green' bags top prize at CMS VATAVARAN 20
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Awards for the first-ever Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and Centre for Media Studies (CMS) VATAVARAN - 2019 Short Film Competition and Festival on Environment were presented in a glittering ceremony here on Saturday.
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Will ensure CAMPA funds of about Rs 47,000 crore to be utilized efficientl
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Saturday chaired a meeting of state forests ministers on the effective and efficient utilization of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) here an
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CM Uddhav Thackeray stops work of Aarey metro car shed project
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): An order to stop the work on the Aarey metro car shed project was passed by newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday.
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Assam forest dept apprehends two rhino poachers at Kaziranga National Park
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Assam forest department on Thursday apprehended two rhinoceros poachers in Balidubi Chapori area in 6th addition of Kaziranga National Park.
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UP: Forest Minister Dara Singh Chauhan visits Lucknow Zoo on Bal Utsav
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Forest Minister Dara Singh Chauhan on Wednesday visited the Lucknow Zoo on the occasion of Bal Utsav.
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Maharashtra: Tigress found dead in Chandrapur district
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): A tigress was found dead in the Dhaba village forest area, in Gondpipari, in the district on Wednesday morning.
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