Polar explorer launches environmental awareness programme
April 20th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Renowned environmentalist and polar explorer Robert Swan launched the fourth phase of Project SEARCH, an environmental sustainability awareness programme, here Friday.The project's fourth phase aims ... Read more...
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Big B joins ’save the tiger’ campaign
March 25th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Concerned over the dwindling number of tigers in India, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Thursday joined a campaign to save the big cat, which he described as ... Read more...
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Chilika Lake dolphins’ numbers rise to 158
February 17th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) The number of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Orissa's Chilika Lake has increased to 158 from last year's 146, an official said Wednesday.
The annual census of the Irrawaddy dolphins ... Read more...
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Farming fast gobbling up vestiges of Anglo-Sikh wars
January 1st, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ferozepur (Punjab), Jan 1 (IANS) Historically rich land near here containing the last vestiges of the Anglo-Sikh wars of the mid- 19th century is being lost to agriculture, rue historians.Along with bodies ... Read more...
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Conservationists hail World Bank’s new mission to protect tigers (Lead)
June 10th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A leading global conservation organisation Tuesday welcomed the World Bank's latest initiative to protect tigers and urged the agency to review its development projects to harmonise it ... Read more...
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Global initiative launched to protect tigers
June 10th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 10 (Xinhua) A coalition of scientists, official and private organisations led by the World Bank has launched a global initiative in an attempt to save tigers. The Tiger Conservation Initiative ... Read more...
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Indiana Jones endorses new global tiger initiative
June 10th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 10 (ANI): Actor Harrison Ford, who has portrayed the fictional Indiana Jones on the silver screen, has endorsed a new global tiger initiative, which will take a hard look ... Read more...
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Two male rhinos translocated to Manas National Park in Assam
April 16th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by admin
Golpara/Morigaon (Assam), April 16 (ANI): Two male Rhinos have been translocated recently to Manas National Park in Assam as part of the government initiative conservation of animals.
The translocation was done ... Read more...
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