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Odisha: Kumki elephant tramples man to death
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Angul (Odisha) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): A 49-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant while trying to feed it despite a serious warning by the forest staff in Odisha's Angul District on Thursday.
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Study suggests Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Nov 8 (ANI): Amazon forests are failing to keep up with climate change.
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Tigress Avni killing: Maneka Gandhi urges Fadnavis to sack forest minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis seeking removal of Sudhir Mungantiwar, State Minister of environment and forest.
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SC asks Centre, TN govt, wildlife officials to respond on plea against wil
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 05 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre, Tamil Nadu Government and the state forest officials on alleged indiscriminate culling of wild boars in the state.
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Leopard caught after it entered Gandhinagar secretariat
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): The leopard which entered the premises of Gandhinagar Secretariat earlier on Monday was caught by the forest department officials.
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Maha minister slams Maneka Gandhi for comments on Tigress Avni
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]. Nov 5 (ANI): Hitting back at Union Minister Maneka Gandhi over her comments on the killing of Tigress Avni, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that he would have been happy if Gandhi had spoken to him before commenting on the matter.
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Man-eater tigress killed in Yavatmal
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): A man-eater tigress named Avni, who was allegedly responsible for the death of 14 people in the Pandharkawda forest in Maharashtra, was on Friday night killed in Yavatmal.
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Stone laid for NCCR in Visakhapatnam
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 02 (ANI): Union Minister of Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Changes and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan, on Friday laid the foundation for the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) and Training Facility for India Meteorology D
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Delhi-NCR to observe 'Clean Air Week'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Amid growing concerns over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, a 'Clean Air Week' would be organised from November 1-5 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration with the Delhi government and the four major N
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Odisha: 7 elephants electrocuted, forest dept passes the buck
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Seven elephants have died in Odisha’s Dhenkanal due to non-rectification of sagging lines and non-cabling of transmission lines.
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Palaniswami writes to PM Modi over Kerala's proposal for new dam
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to direct the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to forthwith withdraw recommendations made on Kerala's
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Massive afforestation to help conserve, rejuvenate River Ganga
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dehradun / New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Forests are the lifeline of any river, which is why to conserve and rejuvenate one of the holiest rivers, Ganga, an afforestation drive is ongoing along the 2,525 km-long River and its catchment areas in five states - Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
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