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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Forest Dept Plans Plantations on Retrieved Podu Lands

Adilabad: The state forest department plans to develop plantations on so-called “retrieved” podu lands as part of an effort to connect fragmented forests and establish a corridor between the Tadoba Andhari and Kawal Tiger Reserves. Forest officials clarify that non-tribal cultivators can only receive pattas for podu lands under the Recognition of Forest Rights Act if they prove cultivation for …

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1 month ago

Crocodile mauls Indonesia plantation worker to death

Deccan Chronicle

Pontianak, Indonesia: A crocodile attacked and killed a woman as she worked on a palm oil plantation in central Indonesia, local police said, with her body later recovered from the animal's clutches. "After a 90-minute search, the victim's body was found," local police chief Bagus Tri Baskoro said in a statement late Thursday. In August, a crocodile killed a 54-year-old …

Indonesia Borneo Crocodile

1 month, 1 week ago

Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced

Associated Press

KOTA BARU, Malaysia — Severe floods caused by monsoon rains killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, officials said Tuesday, with both countries preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anticipation of more heavy rain. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said five days of heavier-than-expected rain that battered the country’s east coast last …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park

LA Times

State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of cancer-causing radiation at a popular spot for hikers and dog walkers in the Bay Area, according to a new report. Over the summer, the city of Albany hired hazardous waste specialists with Cabrera Services Inc. to survey for the presence of radioactive waste at the Albany Bulb, a former municipal landfill for …

Art City Bay Public Waste Area Park

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Legacy of 'six old men' who halted sandstorms

China Daily

A group photo of three generations of workers in Babusha, Northwest China's Gansu province, who have devoted themselves to combating desertification and protecting residents from the ravages of sandstorms. CHINA DAILY Three generations of workers in Northwest China's Gansu province, represented by "the six old men" on Babusha forest farm, have devoted themselves to combating desertification and protecting residents from …

Men Forest Old Farm Desert Sand Gansu

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department

NPR

Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP / Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday night that he will nominate North Dakota Gov. "He's going to head the Department of Interior, and it's going to be fantastic," Trump said in a speech during an America First Policy Institute dinner at his …

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2 months ago

California farmers enjoy pistachio boom, with much of it headed to China

Associated Press

LOST HILLS, Calif. — In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor belt where they are inspected, roasted, packaged and shipped off to groceries around the world. “There has been an explosion over the last 10 or 15 years of plantings, and those trees are coming …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pineapple Prices Soar, Farmers Celebrate Sweet Spot

New Indian Express

Pineapple farmers in Kerala are enjoying a sweet spot in the market, with the farm gate price of pineapple hovering around Rs 57-60/kg. This is a far cry from 2016 when prices plunged to as low as Rs 10/kg, pushing many farmers into distress. The healthy price has encouraged more and more farmers to return to pineapple cultivation by leasing …

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3 months ago

ScottishPower aims £12bn more at UK clean energy after Labour solar farms row

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Indigenous Group Blames Security and Settlers for Recent Communal Violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts

The Hindu

Tribal party of Bangladesh hill tracts blames security forces and settlers for recent communal clashes in three hill districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The PCJSS, the apex body of the indigenous people, has accused Bangladesh government forces and Bengali “settlers” of causing the clashes resulting in loss of lives and destruction of homes and shops.

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3 months, 1 week ago

CM Majhi clears air over merger of Saraikela-Kharasuan with Odisha

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday clarified that he has never spoken about the merger of Saraikela-Kharasuan, a predominately Odia speaking region in Jharkhand, with Odisha. The clarification of the CM came after reports were published in news portals and social media about his statement about the merger of Odia speaking tracts of the neighbouring state with Odisha. …

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4 months, 1 week ago

AG Noorani: Man who reminded us of the values that make nations great

New Indian Express

The principles that guided Noorani often had him swim against the tide of public opinion. What use the freedom of thought and expression unless one could articulate unpopular views anchored in fairness? I got to know A G Noorani through my father at a time when both were terribly distressed by Indira Gandhi’s phoney Emergency, and assault on the judiciary …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Vast tracts of areca plantation hit by fruit-rot, growers demand compensation in Shivamogga

The Hindu

Heavy rain that lashed the Malnad region in the last two months has left areca growers worried as vast tracts of areca plantations are affected by fruit rot disease, a fungal infection. The officers of the Horticulture Department conducted a survey to assess the impact of fruit-rot disease in Shivamogga district. In Tirthahalli taluk, a traditional areca growing area, alone …

Disease State Growers Shivamogga Areca

4 months, 1 week ago

KIADB allotted land to Nirani, Narayanaswamy, Chanakya varsity, and Rashtrotthana too: M.B. Patil

The Hindu

As the Opposition BJP has sharpened the attack on AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family over alleged allotment of five acres by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Industries Minister M.B. Patil on Thursday claimed that former Industries Minister and BJP leader Murugesh Nirani, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi T. Narayanaswamy and …

Bjp Patil Acres Nirani Narayanaswamy Kiadb Rashtrotthana

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Stage set for finalising MGNREGS works worth ₹4,500 crore in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development K. Pawan Kalyan has announced the commencement of 87 types of development works with an outlay of nearly ₹4,500 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 13,326 gram panchayats. The stage for these works would be set at the ‘grama sabhas’to be conducted in the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Villagers protest against forest staff in Odisha

New Indian Express

BARIPADA: Residents of Halada panchayat on Friday staged a protest demanding action an employee of the Forest department posted at the Rairangpur division for allegedly encroaching upon vast tracts of forest land in a reserve forest near Badabaikala village. They said the forest staff has been selling forest produce and timber to mafia after encroaching upon the forest land for …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Historically Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal

Associated Press

— Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. “It would essentially pave the way for the whole entire West Bank area that doesn’t have any heavy industry on it to just be industrialized,” Jo Banner said. The Descendants Project has …

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6 months ago

Assam flood situation improves marginally; 17 lakh affected in 26 districts

The Hindu

“The flood situation in Assam improved marginally on July 10 with water levels of major rivers showing a receding trend, reducing the affected population to 1.7 million across 26 districts,” according to an official bulletin. Seven deaths were reported on July 9 with two in Cachar and one each in Dhubri, Dhemaji, South Salmara, Nagaon and Sivasagar, according to the …

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6 months ago

Study links autism in children with altered gut bacteria

The Independent

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6 months ago

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle

Aizawl: Urging the Centre to understand the position of Mizoram in giving shelter to Zo refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Lalduhoma has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his government would not be able to push them back, an official statement said. An official of the state home department said that nearly 2,000 Zo ethnic people from Bangladesh have …

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6 months ago

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi

ABP News

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma has urged the Centre to understand the state's position in giving shelter to refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, according to an official statement. Nearly 2,000 people from the Zo ethnic community in Bangladesh have taken refuge in Mizoram since 2022, said an official of the state home department. During a brief meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Bangladesh Bangladeshi State Mizoram Lalduhoma

6 months ago

Assam Floods: 16.5 Lakh People In 29 Districts Affected As Rivers Cross Danger Mark

News 18

Many people have been affected by the ongoing floods in Assam, including the Cachar district. Among these districts, Dhubri is the worst hit, with over 2.23 lakh people suffering. It is followed by Darrang with nearly 1.84 lakh people and Lakhimpur with more than 1.66 lakh people reeling under flood waters. According to an official bulletin by the Press Trust …

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6 months ago

16.5 lakh people hit by Assam floods, toll rises to 56; Kaziranga inundated

New Indian Express

GUWAHATI: Over 16.50 lakh people in Assam are affected by floods in 29 districts with the major rivers flowing above the danger level in the state. At the famed Kaziranga National Park, a total of 31 animals have died due to drowning, while 82 others have been rescued in the worst deluge in recent years, a park official said. Out …

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Forest Dept Plans Plantations on Retrieved Podu Lands

Crocodile mauls Indonesia plantation worker to death

Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced

Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park

Legacy of 'six old men' who halted sandstorms

Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department

California farmers enjoy pistachio boom, with much of it headed to China

Pineapple Prices Soar, Farmers Celebrate Sweet Spot

ScottishPower aims £12bn more at UK clean energy after Labour solar farms row

Indigenous Group Blames Security and Settlers for Recent Communal Violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts

CM Majhi clears air over merger of Saraikela-Kharasuan with Odisha

AG Noorani: Man who reminded us of the values that make nations great

Vast tracts of areca plantation hit by fruit-rot, growers demand compensation in Shivamogga

KIADB allotted land to Nirani, Narayanaswamy, Chanakya varsity, and Rashtrotthana too: M.B. Patil

Stage set for finalising MGNREGS works worth ₹4,500 crore in Andhra Pradesh

Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land

Villagers protest against forest staff in Odisha

Historically Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal

Assam flood situation improves marginally; 17 lakh affected in 26 districts

Study links autism in children with altered gut bacteria

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi

Assam Floods: 16.5 Lakh People In 29 Districts Affected As Rivers Cross Danger Mark

16.5 lakh people hit by Assam floods, toll rises to 56; Kaziranga inundated