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China to share intelligence with India on tiger poachers |
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Under attack for not cracking down on use of body parts of Tiger in Chinese traditional medicine, China on Friday agreed to share "actionable intelligence" with India besides nominating nodal officers for sharing of real time information against poachers. |
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Elephants to be declared national heritage animal: Ramesh |
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Closely associated with the religion and culture of the country, the elephant would soon be declared a national heritage animal as a step up measure for its protection, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. |
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Pobitora widllife sanctuary under flood water |
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The flood situation in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, with the highest density of rhino population, was critical with almost 95 per cent of the sanctuary under flood waters, official sources said. |
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Declining tiger population, encroachment at Namdhapa Park |
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Declining tiger population and encroachment at the Namdapha National Park, the only one in the world to have four species of big cats, in Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang district, has been a major cause of concern for forest department officials here. |
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Union Environment Ministry order stayed |
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The Kerala High court on Thursday stayed a Environment ministry order directing closure of the Mangrove Park at Papinissery in Kannur run by Eco-Tourism Society, a CPM-run co-operative. |
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Student arrested with leopard skin in Jammu |
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A student was on Wednesday arrested and a leopard skin was seized from his possession in Jammu city, police said in Jammu. |
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Factory sealed for polluting Ganga |
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The Pollution Control Board has sealed a factory at Tiwari Pur that discarded its polluted waste water into the Ganga. |
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Honeybees are ‘cleverer’ in the morning: study |
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Honeybees are better at learning new odours in the morning and the early-rising bee catches the best flower and the best meal, a new study has found. |
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Green cover in Haryana to be expanded to 20 pc : Hooda |
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The green cover in Haryana will be expanded to 20 per cent by the year 2020, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said. |
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Over 17 lakh trees to be planted in JK this year: Minister |
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Over seventeen lakh saplings will be planted in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir this year, Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Mian Altaf Ahmed has said. |
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Himalayan fish species facing serious threats: study |
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Golden Mahsheer, a fish that thrives mainly in the lower Himalayas, is facing serious threat to its existence in the country due to indiscriminate commercial fishing and water pollution among other reasons, a recent study said. |
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Scat analysis indicates presence of more tigers in Buxa |
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The Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal, identified as a low density tiger reserve, may in fact harbour a greater number of the big cats as indicated by initial reports of scat samples. |
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Leopard found dead in Jammu |
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A leopard was found dead outside a security force camp in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. |
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Fresh water dolphin found dead in Agartala |
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A fresh water dolphin was found dead from the banks of the river Gomati in South Tripura district, officials said in Agartala on Wednesday. |
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183 species of butterfly documented in Arunachal |
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As many as 183 species of butterfly have been identified and photo documented in the buffer area of Namdhapa National Park in Arunachal Pradesh during the 5-day 13th Butterfly India Meet. |
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At Sariska battle for tiger turf soon? |
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A ferocious territorial fight awaits Rajasthan's Sariska sanctuary between its resident tiger and the new inmate, recently brought in from the state's Ranthambore park, to inhabit the prime area filled with a rich base of preys. |
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Tiger shifted to Sariska |
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A male tiger was on Tuesday taken to Sariska from Ranthambhore National Park, in a bid to resuscitate the tiger breeding programme initiated there two years ago which was hit by the 'sibling factor'. |
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Two tiger cubs born in Assam's Orang National Park |
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The recent birth of two Royal Bengal tiger cubs has taken the total big cat population in Assam's Orang National Park to sixteen (16). |
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White tigress in Indore delivers two cubs |
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A white tigress on Wednesday gave birth to two cubs, increasing the numbers of this endangered species to six in the Kamla Nehru Zoo here, officials said. |
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World tiger population declines to 3200 |
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Tigers are on the brink of extinction because only about 3,200 tigers are left in the world today, a report has said. |
