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Ex-IFS officers urge PM to drop Aravalli safari project

A group of retired forest officers has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the immediate scrapping of the 10,000-acre safari project in Haryana's Aravallis. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

How Manmohan Singh safeguarded environment and tribal rights

Manmohan Singh, often hailed as the architect of modern India's economic reforms, also championed environmental conservation and climate action during his decade-long tenure as prime minister......

India lost 2.33 mn hectares of tree cover since 2000, says report

India has lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000, equivalent to a six percent decrease in tree cover during this period, according to the latest data from the Global Forest Watch......

Territorial Army inducts Mandarin language experts, to be part of border talks

India's Territorial Army which has served the nation in times of war and peace, has entered into the 75th year of its existence, and recruited a batch of Mandarin language experts. Image used for......

'Thousands of landslides are going to happen'

'The last three decades were the era of D, where D stands for deforestation, destruction, degradation, disaster, damages, diseases, difficulties... and finally it leads to death.' IMAGE: Rescue......

Copenhagen: India's key demand incorporated

As the talks for a global climate change deal was poised to go down the wire, India on Wednesday had something to cheer as the second draft for an agreement incorporates a key demand of New Delhi,......

Cancun: Forest-dependent communities in jeopardy

Leaders of indigenous communities' groups warned that the imminent introduction of a UN law relating to forests would be highly detrimental to forest dwellers. Over 1.6 billion people depend on......

UN body calls for better farm, forestry practices

Holding the agriculture and forestry sectors responsible for contributing nearly one-third of the total green house gasemissions, a United Nations body has suggested greater allocation of resources......

India's Green Shoots for the Planet

Modi's unexpected announcement of achieving net zero by 2070 may have neatly deflected the pressures on India to sign up to an ambitious pledge but it does nothing to dispel the ecological......

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Ex-IFS officers urge PM to drop Aravalli safari project

How Manmohan Singh safeguarded environment and tribal rights

India lost 2.33 mn hectares of tree cover since 2000, says report

Territorial Army inducts Mandarin language experts, to be part of border talks

'Thousands of landslides are going to happen'

Copenhagen: India's key demand incorporated

Cancun: Forest-dependent communities in jeopardy

UN body calls for better farm, forestry practices

India's Green Shoots for the Planet

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