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Rajasthan to set up new Industrial nodes, logistic hubs and multi-modal logistic parks
1 week, 1 day ago

Rajasthan to set up new Industrial nodes, logistic hubs and multi-modal logistic parks

Live Mint  

Jaipur [India, December 31 : The Rajasthan government is focusing on setting up new industrial nodes, logistics hubs, and a multi-modal logistics park to enhance ease of doing business and attract more investors to the region. A team of senior state government officials, led by Ajitabh Sharma, Principal Secretary, along with Shri Inderjeet Singh, Managing Director, undertook a series of …

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Noida sets aside ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in urban villages
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Noida sets aside ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in urban villages

Hindustan Times  

The Noida authority has approved ₹60 crore to improve civic amenities in the city, particularly in rural areas, said authority officials on Friday. The authority on Thursday also took action against the land mafia in the city’s two villages -- Mohiyapur and Badoli -- along Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The staff of each work circle will do the needful and spend …

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Biodiversity conservation for a sustainable future
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biodiversity conservation for a sustainable future

Hindustan Times  

India is renowned for its vast and vibrant biodiversity with a rich landscape that supports nearly 8% of the world’s species, India has the opportunity to be a global leader in safeguarding natural resources while fostering sustainable growth. The findings serve as an optimistic blueprint for India, with practical opportunities to refine land use practices, strengthen marine and forest conservation, …

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DUK develops mine-detection technology
2 months ago

DUK develops mine-detection technology

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A team of researchers from the Digital University Kerala have come up with a technology to detect buried explosives with minimum human involvement. The technology can be put to use even in the most rugged and forested areas, thereby, reducing risk for people involved in de-mining and also clearing large areas in the shortest time. Leveraging the latest advancements …

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Excision of Civil Areas from Cantonment, MoD Releases Third Proposal
5 months ago

Excision of Civil Areas from Cantonment, MoD Releases Third Proposal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The defence ministry has outlined a third modified proposal for the excision of civil areas from cantonments, aimed at transferring proprietary rights and responsibilities to state governments and municipalities, after the All India Cantonment Board Employees Federation threatened to go on a strike against some of the earlier provisions. According to the official notice, the ministry of defence will …

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Bhopal gas leak | Battling water woes in land of tragedy
1 year, 1 month ago

Bhopal gas leak | Battling water woes in land of tragedy

The Hindu  

Rashid Khan, 60, remembers the cold winter night of December 2, 1984, vividly. People began to shout, “Gas nikal gayi he.” Outside his current house in Devaki Nagar, about one km from the chemical company Union Carbide India Limited factory premises, Mr. Khan is now worried about another threat: the groundwater that he and the people in the densely populated …

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每日一词∣里孜口岸 the Lektse port
1 year, 1 month ago

每日一词∣里孜口岸 the Lektse port

China Daily  

11月13日，里孜口岸顺利开通运行。里孜口岸地处西藏自治区，毗邻尼泊尔。口岸的启用，标志着继樟木、吉隆、普兰之后，西藏第四个陆路口岸正式通关。 A new land port serving as a gateway between southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region and Nepal began operation on Monday. 里孜口岸俯瞰全景。( 图片来源：西藏日报） 【知识点】 里孜口岸地处西藏自治区日喀则市仲巴县亚热乡，是西藏海拔最高的口岸，与尼泊尔木斯塘县乃琼口岸相对，历史上长期为两国盐粮交易点。2017年，里孜口岸列入国家口岸开放计划，并在2019年获国务院批复对外开放。口岸自启动建设以来，累计投资4亿元，建成国门联检楼、入境货物查验场、海关应急保障中心、边检应急及信息指挥中心等23个项目，在今年9月19日通过国家验收。 里孜口岸的开通，进一步完善了西藏口岸布局，助力构建全方位对外开放格局，同时对建设面向南亚开放通道和环喜马拉雅经济合作带，推进中尼两国高质量共建“一带一路”，具有重大现实意义。 【重要讲话】 我们要加强高质量共建“一带一路”同各国发展战略和地区合作倡议对接，深入推进贸易和投资自由化便利化，加快口岸基础设施和区域国际物流大通道建设，保障区域产业链供应链稳定畅通。 We need to enhance the connection of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation with development strategies of various countries and regional cooperation initiatives. We should further promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, …

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Parliament Passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

Parliament Passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023

Live Law  

After the judgment, the Act was applied to recorded forest areas, including those already used for non-forestry purposes. Godavarman vs. Union of India and others, the Forest Act only applied to notified forest lands, not revenue forest areas and non-forestry use in the revenue forest areas was allowed through government's permissions. These include land notified as a forest under the …

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Explained | Why is there a controversy on the forest Bill?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Why is there a controversy on the forest Bill?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Forest Amendment Bill, 2023 is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament which is slated to begin from July 20. The amendments also say that the Act would only apply to lands notified in, any government record, as ‘forest’ on or after 1980. Editorial | Green washing: On amendments and the Forest …

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Mayhem in Manipur: The State burns while the Centre looks away
1 year, 6 months ago

Mayhem in Manipur: The State burns while the Centre looks away

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Biren Singh and the Central government have a lot to answer for the widening Kuki-Meitei divide. He said: “There was a heavy gun battle last night; both the sides kept firing through the night, it is not safe to wait here.” Even at the time of filing this report, Kuki and Meitei groups, armed with arms and ammunitions …

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Facebook to curb sale of Amazon rainforest land on Marketplace
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to curb sale of Amazon rainforest land on Marketplace

The Hindu  

Several parts of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook, an investigation by BBC revealed in February. Users could find illegally invaded plots by typing Portuguese equivalents for search terms like “forest”, “native jungle” and “timber” into Facebook’s marketplace search tool. Eight months hence, the social networking firm has said it will stop people from selling land in …

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Assam: 3,400 hectares of forest land cleared of encroachment from 2016-20, says minister
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam: 3,400 hectares of forest land cleared of encroachment from 2016-20, says minister

India TV News  

The Assam government has cleared over 3,400 hectares of forest land of encroachments from 2016-2020, Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said on Sunday. The Forest Department has destroyed 2,960 illegal structures in reserve forests, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and other protected areas and arrested 194 people between 2016 and 2020, he said. The Forest Department is committed to freeing …

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Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP
4 years ago

Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP

Live Law  

It is ten years since Sri Kannabiran left us, and yet memories of him are still fresh. Shri Kannabhiran then referred to Section 52-A of the Government of India Act, 1919, Sections 91 and 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the Ganzam and Vizagapatam Act, 1939, the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, the debates which took place in the …

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India, China vow not to cede an inch of land
4 years, 4 months ago

India, China vow not to cede an inch of land

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In the first high-level political contact between India and China since border tensions flared up in May, defence minister Rajnath Singh categorically told his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei Fenghe that there should be no doubt about India’s determination to protect its territorial integrity and China should not make attempts to unilaterally change the status quo on the Line …

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S Hareesh’s Moustache is a diligently told story of a troubled yet awe-inspiring land
4 years, 8 months ago

S Hareesh’s Moustache is a diligently told story of a troubled yet awe-inspiring land

Firstpost  

In this fortnightly column, Pages From The Wild, Urvashi Bahuguna looks at accessible, engaging books from around the world, on the environment and ecology. *** Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Caste-Based Oppression and Violence S Hareesh’s novel Moustache, translated from Malayalam into English by Jayasree Kalathil, is set in Kuttanad where he has lived his entire life. The area’s 200 …

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Victoria's native wildlife at risk of starving to death unless government drops food, vets say
4 years, 11 months ago

Victoria's native wildlife at risk of starving to death unless government drops food, vets say

ABC  

The Australian Veterinary Association is desperately calling on the Victorian Government to airdrop food into inaccessible, bushfire-affected land in Victoria to save starving wildlife. Key points: An estimated billion animals have died in the eastern Australian bushfires Animal rights groups have said without airdrops of food, Victorian wildlife will starve to death in weeks Last week, the NSW Government dropped …

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Telangana CM set to tour tribal areas
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana CM set to tour tribal areas

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Keeping in view the unrest in tribal areas of the state, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to tour tribal areas of the state in the coming days. With the recent assaults on a Forest Range Officer in Asifabad district and forest officers in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district by tribals, the Chief Minister has asked Intelligence authorities about the situation …

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