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Karnataka opposes declaring Western Ghats as 'Eco-Sensitive Zone': CM Bomm
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 4 (ANI): Declaring the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Zone would adversely affect the livelihood of the people in the region. So Karnataka government and the people living in the region are opposed to the implementation of the Kasturirangan
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Karnataka: Landslide threat looms in Western Ghats due to loss of forest c
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], October 15 (ANI): Landslides in the Western Ghats, also known as Malnad region, are now a common phenomenon, due to the declining forest cover and disappearing native varieties of trees, said environmental scientist Shekhar Gowler.
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Shrinking forest cover brings endangered species lion tailed macaques on r
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], September 1 (ANI): In view of the shrinking forest cover and absence of native trees, lion-tailed macaques (LTM), an endangered species residing in rainforests of Western Ghats, come up to the hairpin curve of Agumbe ghat in Shivamogga to get food thrown by tr
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Kodaikanal hill station reopens for tourists following COVID-19 protocols
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 29 (ANI): Kodaikanal, queen of western ghats on Sunday opened for tourists after four months in the wake of the relaxation of COVID-19 norms by the Tamil Nadu government.
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Neelanurinkji flowers blossom in Idukki's Shantanpara Shalom Hills after 1
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Idukki (Kerala) [India], August 1 (ANI): Idukki's Shalomkunnu (Shalom hills ) under the Santhanpara Panchayat are blossoming with the blue Neelakurinji flowers, which blooms once every 12 years.
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Martial Arts of India: Part 2/3 "Power to the people"
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI/Mediawire): In our journey through India exploring the land's indigenous martial arts, this leg brings us in a Hyundai Venue to the resplendent western ghats of Maharashtra - the Sahyadris.
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84-year-old in Karnataka preserves more than 150 rare mango varieties
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], March 31 (ANI): An 84-year-old man in Sagar of Shivamogga district in Karnataka has been identifying and preserving more than 150 native varieties of mangoes of Western Ghats.
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Kyasanur forest disease under control in Karnataka, says official
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], March 7 (ANI): The deadly Western Ghats KFD (Kyasanur Forest disease) has drastically decreased in Shivamogga, with only four new cases being reported from December 2020 till February 2021, the state health department informed.
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Scientists suggest early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Farmers in India should be provided with early forecasts of expected variations in the monsoon season in order to reduce crop losses, said a team of scientists.
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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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Maha CM directs to appoint experts committee over NEP implementation
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has given directions to appoint a committee consisting of education experts and practitioners to systematically approach the implementation of the National Education Policy in the state.
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Karnataka: Shivamogga farmers hit hard by deficit rainfall in Western Ghat
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], August 2 (ANI): With the Western Ghats, also known as the Malnad region, witnessing deficit monsoons over the past three decades, Shivamogga in Karnataka is also bearing the brunt of the rain gods this year, environmentalist Shekhar Gowler said on Sunday.
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