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8 lions move freely in Gujarat’s Rajula city
Rajula, Jun 14, 2020,
Lions move about freely near a residential colony in Gujarat's Rajula. Having a lion cross your path like a stray dog is not what one would normally expect in a residential area, but in Rajula taluka of Amreli district, residents living in colonies set up by cement majors have been entertaining the royal guests of late. One s...
Gujarat’s hypermarket D-Mart dropped a bag for Rs 6,000, you can...
Ahmedabad, 14 June 2020
He was challenged in a consumer court for taking money from Gujarat's hypermarket D-Mart bag. The legality of the sale of carry bags has been questioned. Consumer courts have ordered two hypermarkets in the state to refund the price of the bag. Courts have also ordered the sale of bags to be reimbursed to consumers as unf...
In 140 years the population of 12 lions increased to 674, in Gujarat
The number of lions in Gir increased from 523 to 674 in 5 years, an increase of 29%, unofficial count
Gandhinagar, 11 May 2020
The area of the lion has increased by 30% to 8,000 sq km from 30,000 sq km. Lion habitat has increased by 2૩400 sq km in the last 30 years. The Asiatic lion population in the Gir forest has increased by about 29 per c...
JNCASR signs MoU for scaling up technology for reducing CO2 to methano...
Delhi, 09 JUN 2020
An agreement has been signed between Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Breathe Applied Sciences, a company incubated at JNCASR for transfer of technology based on lab-scale research on reducing CO2 to methanol and other...
Navy Celebrates World Environment Day
The World Environment Day was observed on 05 Jun 20 by INS Valsura, the premier electrical training establishment of the Indian Navy. It was based on United Nations promulgated theme ‘Biodiversity’.
The unit organised a number of activities involving each and every section of Valsura family to spread awareness on the importance of protecting the...
Build a solar city completely in every state, the Prime Minister said,...
Brief of Meeting Chaired by the Prime Minster regarding activities of the Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Delhi, 28 MAY 2020
The Prime Minister reviewed the work of the Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, last evening. Policy initiatives including revised Tariff Policy and the Electricity (Amendm...
Five initiatives launched on International Day of Biodiversity
Delhi, 22 MAY 2020
In a virtual celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020, Environment, Forest and Climate Change department launched five key initiatives towards conservation of biodiversity.
The year 2020 which is also the “SUPER YEAR FOR BIODIVERSITY”, as the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 global Aichi targe...
Viral video of a thirsty dangerous cobra drinking water by hand
https://twitter.com/AwanishSharan/status/1263322325165830145
In the scorching summer, wild animals are seen becoming helpless to get water to survive the heat. A video has gone viral on social media, in which a Forest Department official is watering a cobra snake with a bottle in his hand.
IAS officer Avanish posted the video on social media....
4 The lions surrounded the ambulance in the forest of Gir, the woman g...
A pregnant woman in Gujarat has given birth to a baby among many Gir lions. The woman had to stop in the middle of the forest as the lions surrounded the ambulance. Where she gave birth to a child.
The woman was taken to hospital after the lions were removed at the seam of Bhakha village in Gadda, both the child and the woman are healthy.
In ...
The red eye – lion show in the Gir forest area
of the forest department, the small wadal beat bit two isms faster than the
Ahmedabad, May 21, 2020
Going to the forest area, two Ismos fell heavily. Cases of lion shows are coming more and more. Two people were doing a lion show inside the small Wadal bid of Mewasa in Savarkundla. A fine of Rs 20,000 was levied on both the accused.
Dhari Fo...
17% reduction in pollution in the world including Gujarat, the first i...
New Delhi: Coronavirus lockdown has reduced carbon content worldwide by about 17 per cent. In the past month, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions have dropped by 17 percent, according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. This is the largest reduction in carbon emissions since World War II.
Scientists believe this will make l...
Rupani, who drinks your water, look at this account
Gandhinagar, 18 May 2020
The third-year phase of the water campaign has started on April 20, 2020. As on 18 May 2020, 916 works have been completed in 33 districts and 4688 works are in progress. Check dam lakes, reservoirs, small and big river lakes are being deepened. The operation, which started in 2018, had an additional storage of 23,500 lakh...
96 to 104 per cent rainfall in western India including Gujarat, monsoo...
Gandhinagar, 16 May 2020
Jayant Sarkar, director, Indian Meteorological Department, Ahmedabad, said the south-western part of the country, including Gujarat, is likely to receive 96 to 104 percent rainfall this year. The monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on June 5, followed by rains in South Gujarat 15 to 20 days later.
The Meteorological D...
Postpone the Draft EIA Notification 2020, PM – PM
Mahesh Pandya, Director, Paryavaran Mitra wrote a letter to PM to postpone the Draft EIA Notification 2020. Paryavaran Mitra is a Gujarat-based organization working on socio-environmental issues since 1997 to advocate for human rights in the face of growing environmental degradation and pollution.
To
Shri. Narendra Modi
Hon’ble Prime Minis...
69,000 ha forest land approved for non-forest use in 5 yrs
A total of 3,616 projects involving 69,414.32 hectares of forest land have been approved for non-forest use under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in the last five years, said environment minister Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha on March 20, 2020. During the same period, compensatory afforestation (CA) was stipulated over more than 126,000 hecta...