Minister of State for Environment and Forests Anil Dave gave these figures to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Angry villagers burnt a leopard alive on Wednesday evening, even after the animal was captured alive in Dhandhar village, on the outskirts of the world famous Corbett National Park.
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Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh police in coordination with forest guards of the Jim Corbett National Park have arrested two key aides of notorious poacher of wild life animal skin Sansar Chand and four others who had been having gala time in the national park for the last few years.
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Modi also stressed on important issues like the need to preserve and embrace nature.
Do our laws really protect our wildlife? What are we doing as citizens to protect our animals?
In his hunger for power, the prime minister has forgotten raj dharma, the Congress alleged.
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Computers need to be trained to recognise images, says Devangshu Datta.
'The tiger is the epitome of evolution.' 'Every tiger has a stripe pattern that is unique. Each tiger is unique.' 'Tigers are very elusive. It is said a tiger sees you nine times when you see it once.'
We need to bring solid waste management into all school curricula in an organised and cohesive manner, suggests Anjuli Bhargava.
Reshma Aslam tells us how to stir up refreshing summer drinks in a jiffy.
There is a reason Jodie Underhill is called 'garbage girl'. She has been dirtying her hands in a crusade against filth for the last 5 years.
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Recalling his childhood years, Modi said though there was poverty, his family was always connected with nature.
Singh asserted that the people have made up their minds to vote out the government
The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP government in Haryana in the October 21 polls.
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'Animal populations are increasing. Human populations are increasing. So there is no way the man-animal conflict going to go away.'
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At least 21 persons have died and thousands were marooned in villages across eight districts of Uttar Pradesh where release of water from dams in Nepal have caused major floods, even as large parts of the state were heading towards a drought-like situation due to scanty monsoon rain.
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