Jayanthi cries fowl, blocks Navy missiles
To save the habitat of an endangered species of bird, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has rejected the Navy’s proposal to set up a missile testing site at Tillanchong Sanctuary in the Andaman and
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To check pollution in J-K, study tours for MLAs
Looking for new ways to deal with the rising ecological challenges in urban areas of the state, the Omar Abdullah government is sending out delegations of MLAs on study tours across the country. In the
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Amendement in Islands Protection Zone (IPZ) Notification 2011
The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests number S.O.20 (E), dated the 6th January, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the Island Protection Zone Notification,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of a large number of stone quarrying and stone crushing units in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 28/05/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Human Rights Association of India Vs Principal Secretary, Port Blair & Others dated 28/05/2019 regarding illegal operation of a large number
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Tsunami relief seekers warned of rumours
KOLKATA, 22 APRIL: Tsunami devastated their lives eight years ago, but they are yet to get compensation announced by the Centre. And now the administration tells the 321 tsunami-hit families of South Andaman
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Expert rejection
<b><font class="UCASE">R K Bhattacharya</font></b> Former director, Anthropological Survey of India, and member of the Expert Committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court. In the report submitted to the court in 2003, he says: <br>
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Current status of coral reefs in India: importance, rising threats and policies for its conservation and management
<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Current Status of Coral Reefs in India.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/download.jpg"
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Saving the hornbill: Coast Guard looks for alternative site for radars in Andaman
The Coast Guard has started looking for an alternative site to deploy its coastal radars in Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the Environment Ministry red-flagged its plan to put them up at Narcondam to
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Andaman And Nicobar Islands: Supreme Court of India judgement concerning Buffer Zone and Jarawa reserve
Read text of the Supreme Court judgement that bans all commercial and tourism activity around Jarawa reserve in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. It bars hotels and resorts from operating within a five-kilometer (buffer zone around the Jarawa reserve, which is home to Jarawa tribals.
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No radar station proposal at Andaman's islands pending wildlife clearance
The government today said that there is no proposal regarding radar station at Narcondam Islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands pending for wildlife clearance. Minister of State for Environment, Prakash
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Navy’s A&N missile test plan hits green hurdle
New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s plans to test fire missiles from Andaman and Nicobar Islands appear to have hit a hurdle with the environment ministry concerned over the impact of the exercise on an endangered
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the validity of validity of CRZ Notification 2019, 11/11/2024
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/11/2024. In the application, the validity of CRZ Notification
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Going Bananas
India gave bananas to the world and today it is the world's largest banana republic
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Rooting out felling
Andaman officials cite livelihood issue to justify logging
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Most of the tsunami victims still live in shacks
Over three years after the tsunami nearly flattened parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, rehabilitation work is still on. Its progress seems slower than in other parts of the country. A scene from the picturesque Bamboo Flat permanent tenements is representative of the work in the entire archipelago. Completed houses, papered with expensive bamboo patterns, stand beside blocks of cement sticking out of wet mud
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Andaman polio free zone
The Andaman & Nicobar Administration has declared Andaman & Nicobar Islands a polio free zone . Director of Andaman & Nicobar Health Service Namita Ali told on Saturday that not a single case of
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Proposal on green, yellow bags for domestic waste yet to see the light of day
The only project proposed and approved by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation following the controversial study tour of councillors and officials to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands last year has failed
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Diurnally subperiodic filariasis among the Nicobarese of Nicobar district- epidemiology, vector dynamics & prospects of elimination
<p>In India diurnally subperiodic filariasis (DspWB) is prevalent only in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Studies undertaken at different points of time indicate that this form of
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Redundant relief?
Supreme Court order on tree felling in Andaman criticised
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String of quakes jolts Andaman & Nicobar
Chennai/New Delhi: A string of earthquakes jolted the Andaman and Nicobar Islands over a 12-hour period on Sunday. The tremors were also felt in southern and eastern India. There was some panic but no casualty or property damage anywhere, officials said. By evening, life returned to normal in the islands.