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Kaziranga Park to get e-surveillance system, aircraft

Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan has announced that the central government would provide an un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and an electronic surveillance system......

Union environment ministry is in disarray: Goa CM Parrikar

A day after the Union ministry of environment and forest suspended the environmental clearances for all the 93 mining leases in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that he will appeal to......

Illegal mining ban in Goa only a whitewash: Cong

Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanti Natarajan on Wednesday termed the Goa government's action against all 93 mining leases in the state, in response to the Justice M B Shah......

'Mine-owners paid bribes before Ramesh's tenure'

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday alleged that officials of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests took bribes from the state's mine-owners before Jairam Ramesh took over the......

Red tape blocks Army, Air Force projects on China border

Clearance for many strategic roads have been delayed because the ministry of environment and forests as well as respective state forest and public works departments have been sitting on the......

'India: Success abroad, domestic challenges manifold'

Reticence can be a double-edged sword.For Jayanthi Natarajan, minister for environment and forests, her reserve has attracted much criticism from domestic detractors.Yet, on the high table of......

FDI does not benefit any country: Madhav Gadgil

Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010. The report zoned 75 per cent of the Western Ghats into different grades of......

Ministry moots corporate funding for zoos

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has mooted corporate funding of zoos and recruitment of volunteers to give a fillip to Indian zoos, on the lines of the foreign zoos, to make them a......

Vedanta did not pay water bills: Orissa

Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL), already struggling to get environment and forest clearances for its Orissa projects, is now faced with a new challenge.The state government's water resources department......

India gets first e-waste management rules

Putting the onus of re-cycling of electronic wastes (e-waste) on the producers, the Ministry of Environment and Forest has for the first time notified e-waste management rules.The e-waste......

Three Kannada films to release on Valentine's Eve

Yet again, three Kannada films are releasing this week. The producers and directors of the films had held back the releases to let the big films hit the screens first, and then hoped to release......

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QNA

Q. Anybody seen a real flamingo ????
Nahu Khan: A. more

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Q. What is Kyasanur forest disease?
Tanuja: A. Hmmmmm Yes Because I Am A Forest Officer :-) more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-kyasanur-forest-disease/25562221/answers/25646552

Q. What Animal/bird are you?
Nikita: A. Kyasanur forest disease is a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia more

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Greens hail ministry of environment and forests move to protect dolphins

NGOs and marine biologists have welcomed the directive of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to state governments not to allow setting... ...

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Dolphins cannot be kept in captivity, says eco ministry

An order against keeping dolphins in captivity has now been passed by the Union ministry of environment and forests. A circular issued last week... ...

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Mian Altaf

Kangan, May 22: Minister for Forest and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad, today conducted an extensive tour of Kangan constituency and visited Arhama,... ...

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Environmental issues highlighted on International Day for Biodiversity

STATE TIMES NEWS POUNI: Drawing and painting competition was held at Govt Higher Secondary Pouni on Wednesday to mark the International Day for... ...

http://www.statetimes.in/news/environmental-issues-highlighted-on-international-day-for-biodiversity/

Formation of Biodiversity Management Committees stressed

Guwahati, May 22 (PTI) Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rakibul Hussain today said the government was stressing the need to form Biodiversity... ...

http://www.ptinews.com/news/3657614_Formation-of-Biodiversity-Management-Committees-stressed

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