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Endangered Egyptian Vultures, Wrapped In Plastic Bags, Rescued From Train: M.P The Madhya Pradesh police busted an inter-state vulture smuggling racket in the state's Khandwa district today as they arrested a 60-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao smuggling seven endangered Egyptian vultures from Kanpur to Malegaon in Maharashtra. Authorities were alerted when passengers in the …

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India’s first grass conservatory inaugurated in Ranikhet: Uttarakhand A grass conservatory spread across 2 acres and having 90 species of grass, which the Uttarakhand forest department claims to be the first of its kind in the country, was opened in Ranikhet on Sunday for the public. The germplasm conservation centre – built by the research wing of the forest department …

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Between the Central and state government play Hasdeo Arand residents plan protest in Delhi against mining clearance Residents of Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand are planning a protest in Delhi against permission granted for stage II mining clearance in the Parsa coal block. They are expected to arrive in the national capital in a few days to …

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Due to No support from eco-conscious Indians, Despite Amid protests, coal block in Hasdeo gets stage-II forest clearance Despite continuing protests and a recent 330km foot march by affected villagers of Hasdeo Arand region against coal mining projects, the Central government accorded stage-II forest clearance to Parsa coal block in the forest area on Thursday. The Chhattisgarh …

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Mother Leopard seeking her revenge in Nainital: Uttarakhand Leopards are creating terror in many parts of Kumaon, Uttarakhand, these days, underlining the need to take man-animal conflict more seriously. In US Nagar’s Jaspur, a female leopard injured around six persons in a fortnight in Patrampur village. Camera traps and a cage have been installed there.Anil …

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Gaja Sathis & Bee-Fence Odisha is all set for Human-Elephant Conflict Odisha government is all set to engage honey bees in warding off elephant herds which stray into human settlements and destroy crops and property in regular intervals. As per a decision taken by the Odisha Forest department, the largest mammal on land (Elephant) will …