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Goa is going to have its state butterfly soon Goa has a rich splattering of 254 species of butterflies and quite a few of them are endemic to the state. Soon, Goa is set to become the seventh Indian state to have a state butterfly. Common Jezebel The forest department has formed a committee of …

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Drastic jump in poaching of tigers in Maharashtra The seizure of one more tiger skin and various other body parts from the Gondpipri forest range under Central Chanda Division on Sunday night just shows the drastic jump in poaching of tigers in Maharashtra. The state has recorded 35 tiger deaths, with half (17) of the deaths due to …

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People of Coastal region in Odisha vow to oppose JSW steel plant Several residents marched from Dhinkia to Patana village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district November 10, 2021 raising slogans against a proposed industrial plant to be built by the conglomerate Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Ltd. The villagers also organised a meeting against the decision of the Odisha …

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Telangana Govt Illegally Laid Roads In Protected Forests The Telangana government has drawn flak for allegedly violating forest conservation laws by taking up road construction works in at least three reserve forest areas in the state. The road construction activities were taken up by the state government under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). …

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UNDP mission to restore nine wetlands in A.P. begins The forest authorities have launched the works pertaining to the restoration of 5,000 hectares of mangrove cover in the Krishna and Godavari estuaries and 200 hectares of salt marshes as part of the five-year project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme titled ‘Enhancing …