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Ladakh's Tso Kar Wetland Complex added to list of Ramsar site
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], December 24 (ANI): India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site, the second one in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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Only circus recognised under Wildlife Act loses recognition for using elep
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has cancelled the recognition of the Great Golden Circus in Gujarat, the only circus in the entire country which was recognised unde
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With 60 per cent rise, India's leopard population touches 12,852
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): India's population of leopards has gone up 60 per cent and the country now has 12,852 leopards, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Monday.
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Government constitutes high-level committee for implementation of Paris Ag
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 2 (ANI): The Environment Ministry has constituted a high-level inter-ministerial Apex committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) under the chairmanship of the secretary of the ministry.
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Government constitutes high-level ministerial committee for implementation
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): In another move to re-affirm India's seriousness towards the issue of climate change, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on Wednesday constituted a high-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreem
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Venkaiah Naidu receives two action taken reports from Parliamentary panel
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday received two action taken reports from Jairam Ramesh, Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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India has practically achieved pre-2020 climate action targets: Prakash Ja
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched the "India Climate Change Knowledge Portal" through a virtual event where he said that India has practically achieved its pre-2020 climate action targets. Read More
Union Environment Ministry approves construction of Rs 1,100 crore Song Da
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 26 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has approved the construction of the Song Dam Drinking Water Project worth Rs 1100 crore in Dehradun, according to a press release, on Wednesday.
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India is the only G20 country to be '2 degree' compliant: Prakash Javadeka
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): India is the only country in the G-20 nations which is 2 degrees compliant in keeping with the Nationally Determined Contributions presented in Paris, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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India names Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar as wetlands of international importanc
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
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Plea in SC against Centre's notification demarcating Western Ghats ESA
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the October 2018 draft notification by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change relating to the demarcation of 56,825 sq km as the Western Ghats ecologically sensitive area (ESA).
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HC adjourns plea against order to publish draft EIA notification in differ
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Delhi High court on Friday adjourned to December 4 hearing on a petition filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change against an order directing the Centre to publish the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification in l
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