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India halfway through its 175 GW renewable energy goal: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that the county has already achieved half of its 175 gigawatts (GW) renewable energy capacity target.
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Jalpaiguri forest officers seize leopard skin, arrest one Bhutanese nation
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): The officers of Belakoba forest range on Sunday night seized an 11-feet long leopard skin and arrested a Bhutanese national in connection with the case.
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Maharashtra: More than 60 dogs found dead in Girda forest of Buldhana dist
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Buldhana (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 8 (ANI): In a shocking incident, more than 60 dogs were found dead with their legs tied with strings in the forest of Girda here.
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Theme is to empower the poor and downtrodden, says Javadekar on 100 days o
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): The Central government is working with the intention of empowering the downtrodden sections of the society which have remained untouched by the development wave for all these years, said Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadek
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Karnataka: Male elephant 'Maniyan' dies in Wayanad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Sep 8 (ANI): A 30-year-old male tusker, Maniyan was found dead in the Pullumala forest in Wayanad district on Sunday.
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Karnataka: Forest service officer found dead in Bengaluru, police suspect
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 8 (ANI): An officer of the 1990-batch of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru's Yelahanka area on Sunday morning.
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Forest certification can help reduce degradation, experts panel observes
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Certification of forest and trees is extremely important for natural resources which will help in reducing land degradation and combat desertification, an experts panel observed on Saturday.
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Make conservation of forests a people's movement: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Saturday gave a clarion call to make the conservation of forests a people's movement and said it was everyone's duty to conserve the environment.
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Diversity increases ecosystem stability: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 7 (ANI): Researchers demonstrate that forests with diverse tree species can be more productive and resilient under drought stress than forests with specific species.
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Animals the worst-sufferers of land degradation: Director, ZSI
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Animals are the worst victims of land degradation, desertification, and soil erosion, said Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), here on Saturday.
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MP: 12-foot-long Python rescued by forest department
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): A 12-foot long python was rescued by the forest department from Chandukhedi village, Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
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MP Law minister PC Sharma terms Singhar's letter against Digvijaya Singh a
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Law Minister PC Sharma on Tuesday called the letter written by state Forest Minister Umang Singhar against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh a "publicity stunt".
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