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Cafe Coffee Day owned company shuts operations in Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Cafe Coffee Day owned Dark Forest Furniture Company (DAFFCO) has closed operations at its factory in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka.
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Etawah lion safari opened for public
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): The Etawah Lion Safari was thrown open for public with Uttar Pradesh Forest Minister Dara Singh Chauhan inaugurating the lions' abode here on Sunday.
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One-third of plastic waste generated daily remains uncollected: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Nearly one-third of an estimated 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated daily remains uncollected, Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javdekar said on Friday and noted that the collection of this plastic was a key issue to address environmenta
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Chhattisgarh: Forest Dept steps up efforts to rescue monkeys trapped on is
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The Forest Department in Chhattisgarh stepped up efforts in the North Bastar area of Kankar district on Thursday to rescue a troop of more than 100 monkeys, who have been trapped on an island on Dudhawa Dam for almost two months.
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Pune: Leopard cubs rescued from sugarcane field in Nagargaon village
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Three leopard cubs were rescued and returned to their mother by the Wildlife SOS and Forest department team from a sugarcane field in Nagargaon village in Shirur range here.
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Death toll of migratory birds in Rajasthan's Sambhar Lake reaches over 15,
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Nagaur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Over 15,000 migratory birds have been found dead so far near Rajasthan's Sambhar Salt Lake so far. Rajasthan Forest and Environment Minister Sukhram Bishnoi on Tuesday said that soon a wildlife check post will be opened to avoid such incidents.
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A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural aban
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new research.
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Forest rights certificates should be issued to those staying in state's fo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that tribals staying in the forests from before December 13, 2000 should get forest rights certificate.
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Four primates, among others seized from animal smuggler in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Members of the Commissioner's Task Force, south zone team, working along with forest department officials apprehended one person and seized four primates and a tortoise and turtle from his possession, according to the police on Monday.
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Post-mortem reports to reveal cause of elephant's death in Orang National
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Goalpara (Assam) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The reason for the death of the fully-grown wild elephant at Assam's Orang National Park will be clear after the post-mortem reports are in, however, prima facie it does not look like a case of overdose, said Additional Principal Chief Conservator of F
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Kerala: Scores of devotees pay obeisance at Sabarimala temple
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): A day after Sabarimala temple was opened for 41-day long annual Mandala-Makaravilakku puja, a score of devotees thronged the shrine in a reserve forest of the Western Ghats in Pathanamthitta district on Sunday morning.
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Dehradun based ICFRE set to improve status of forests through research int
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Dehradun based Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), along with its nine research institutes and five centres spread across India, are set to work on forestry research issues of national importance for sustaining ecology and enhancing the
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