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Joint Secy skips meeting on air pollution due to important matter in SC: M
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on Friday said that the Joint Secretary could not attend the meeting over worsening air quality today as she had to appear for an 'important matter' in the Supreme Court.
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Goa: Political parties, NGOs protest over Kalasa-Banduri water diversion p
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Porvorim (Goa) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Congress party along with Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Shiv Sena, various NGOs and social activists on Friday staged a protest on the National Highway in Porvorim against the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ord
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Sawant demands Javadekar's ministry to withdraw consent given to Kalasa-Bh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct 25 (ANI); Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday demanded the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to immediately withdraw the consent granted to Karnataka's Kalasa-Bhandura project.
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Animals the worst-sufferers of land degradation: Director, ZSI
Updated : 6 years, 8 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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Gujarat: Crocodile strayed inside temple, devotees gather claiming it to b
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mahisagar (Gujarat) [India], June 24 (ANI): In what is seen as a miracle by the people of Palla Village, a crocodile strayed in the premises of Khodiyar Temple during late hours on Sunday.
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Crocodile rescued from Gadhia village near Vadodara
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 23 (ANI): A team of the Forest Department on Sunday rescued a crocodile in Gardhia village, some 80- km away from here.
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Cost-effective technology vital to curb stubble burning: Mishra
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 26 (ANI): The quest for implementable solutions to stubble burning and attendant atmospheric pollution will require key stakeholders like farmers, industry and government working in tandem, C K Mishra, Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chan
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Govt launches conservation project for Asiatic lions
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched the "Asiatic Lion Conservation Project" with an aim to protect and conserve the world's last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion and its associated ecosystem.
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Delhi-NCR to observe 'Clean Air Week'
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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Palaniswami writes to PM Modi over Kerala's proposal for new dam
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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India takes strong steps towards achieving Paris Agreement goals
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain], Oct 20 (ANI): Government of India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development with the approval of a US$ 43 million grant from the Green Climate Fund, supporting climate resilience of millions of people living in the coastal states
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TTZ chief, MoEF Secy responsible for preserving Taj Mahal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 [ANI]: The Supreme Court on Monday said the onus of maintaining and preserving the Taj Mahal was on the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Chairman and the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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