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Delhi HC calls for emergency meeting on air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed emergency meeting to be called by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Secretary with Chief Secretaries of NCR states and pollution control agencies within three days on pollution.
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Govt. expresses concern over alarming levels of pollution in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): The Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mahesh Sharma, on Tuesday expressed concern over the alarming levels of pollution in the national capital region and said the government was taking preventive measures to tac
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SC fines Secretary of MoEF for unsatisfactory reply on wetland protection
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday slapped a fine of Rs. 50, 000 on Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for his unsatisfactory reply in the wetland protection case.
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Telangana: Centre accords clearance for Kaleshwaram project
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Telangana [India], June 16, (ANI): The Central government, Ministry of Environment has accorded clearances for making use of 7920 acres of forest land as a part of Kaleshwaram project in Telangana
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Following Anil Dave's death, Dr. Harsh Vardhan to be new Environment
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18 (ANI): Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been given the additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in addition to his existing portfolios.
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'Operation Thunder Bird' a big success for Forest Dept
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Seventy one people were arrested and a total of 2,524 live species of scheduled animals, 19.2 kg of elephant ivory, one tiger skin, nine carcasses of wild animals, one organ pipe coral, one jar snake venom, eight leopard skins and one Indian Mujtac skin was s
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NGT raps environment ministry for exempting real estate projects from proc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday expressed displeasure with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on its recent notification exempting real estate projects from obtaining prior environmental permission or clearance and restrained it fr
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Centre issues guidelines to states, zoo authorities on containment of Avia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, the Union Agriculture Ministry, has issued the necessary guidelines to the state government and the zoo authorities on control and containment of the infection, and has urged the Ministry of Environ
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Environment ministry to develop next generation HFC refrigerant alternativ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has announced an ambitious collaborative research and development programme to develop next generation, sustainable refrigerant technologies as alternatives to HFCs.
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Jayalalithaa wants PM's intervention, seeks withdrawal of proposal to
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai, Aug. 27 (ANI): Seeking withdrawal of recommendation made by an Expert Appraisal Committee of the of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to build a dam on Siruvani river at Attappady, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday requested Prime Minister Naren
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