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Rare species thrive in city wetland
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Despite rapid urban expansion, there are indications that Guwahati has maintained its green cover amid the concrete jungle and the city still retains some rare wildlife species.
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Heavy snowfall rejuvenates Himachal glaciers
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Heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh this winter has rejuvenated about 1,000 small and large glaciers, ensuring pleasant summer with abundance of drinking water, irrigation water, water for hydel projects and balancing the temperature.
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Authorities insist wetland sale is 'perfectly legal'
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Stepping up its act following reports of alleged "irregularities in the sale of the wetland in Dadri to a private developer", the Uttar Pradesh government sent a team of officials led by the inspector general of forests
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Lankan navy personnel pelts stones at TN fishermen
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About 800 fishermen who went to fishing near the International Maritime Boundary Line Katchatheevu had to return after Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly pelted stones at them
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US State dept acknowledges 'goof up' in its India maps
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As US State Department today posted a new map of India reflecting its long standing official position on the country's geographical boundaries
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'Falcated duck' joins as 416th species at Pong wetland
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Adding up another distinction, the pretty "Falcated duck" has arrived for the first time in the Pong wetland -- the first wetland of the state.
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BSF in Akhaura accused of negligence
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the Tripura-Bangladesh border have been accused of negligence following forcible crossing of the border by three locals
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Most of India's amphibians may go extinct: Biologist
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To discover a new species is a huge honour for a biologist. By that yardstick, the achievements of Dr Sathyabhama Das Biju, an amphibian biologist at Delhi University, are staggering. He has discovered 42 species and is in the process of describing another 28
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Sikkim drastically de-stabilised by quake
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A recent report by the State department of Mines and Geology has warned the Sikkim Government that the overall soil and rock stability of the entire State has been drastically destabilised by the 6.9 Richter scale earthquake that hit the State on September 18.
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Himalayan glaciers shrunk by fifth in 30 years: Scientists
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Glaciers in the Himalayas have shrunk by as much as a fifth in the last 30 years, scientists have claimed in the first authoritative confirmation of the impact of climate change on the region.
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Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala wants national parties to spell stand
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Expressing deep concern over the delay in scrapping the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border
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US removes maps showing PoK as part of Pakistan from website
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The US State Department has removed "inaccurate" maps of India and Pakistan from its website which did not reflect the correct boundary and geographical locations.
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Put up correct map, miffed India tells US
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The government on Monday lodged a strong protest with the US asking it to take off the India map from its state department's official website as it carried "gross inaccuracies".
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Vagai river in spate, residents asked to move to safer places
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The third flood alert was sounded along the Vaigai river on Monday as the water level in the Vaigai dam touched the 69 feet at 3pm. Water was later released in the evening and people living in the low-lying areas have been asked to move to safer places.
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Electric border fencing likely
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Assam Government is favouring electric fencing on the Indo- Bangla border to counter influx in the line of Indo-Pak border.
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India lost over 300 acres of land to Bangla
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Failure of the Government to secure its own land resulted in Bangladesh managing to take more than 300 acres of land in its possession and now after the signing of the land border protocol, India stands to lose that portion of land to the neighbouring country.
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Dams pose a threat to Kaziranga and Manas
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The officials of Aaranyak, city-based biodiversity conservation NGO, feel that UNESCO should take cognizance of the impact of large dams in Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan on the state's world heritage sites,
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Tea students' body fumes at land deal
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The tea tribe's organization also accused the governments both in Delhi and Dispur for their decision to construct big dams on the Subansiri River.
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India hopeful of new border mechanism with China in three months
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India is also systematically shoring up its defences along the 4,057-km Line of Control with China to ensure "effective deterrence" against its "aggressive" neighbour.
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Mahaseer declared as state fish in Madhya Pradesh
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The Madhya Pradesh Government has declared "Mahaseer" -- a specie of fish found in rivers and reservoirs of the state -- as state fish.
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Dhemaji continues to be in grip of floods
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Flood situation in Dhemaji continued to be grim for the third consecutive day on Monday with thousands of hectares of land still under water.
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Two Haryana cops scale Himalayan peak in Ladakh
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Two Haryana police personnel have scaled the 6,400m high Kang Yatse peak of the Himalayas in Ladakh.
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ITC Paperboards unit to develop 40,000 hectares more via social forestry
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The Paperboards and Speciality Papers Division of the diversified ITC Ltd plans to develop about 40,000 hectares more over the next three-four years
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'Project unwise as area quake-prone'
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The collision with the Eurasian Plate along the boundary between India and Nepal formed the orogenic belt that created the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalaya Mountains, as sediment bunched up like earth before a plow.
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Possibility of mega quake high in NE: expert
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The NE region is likely to experience a mega earthquake measuring 8 or more in the Richter scale in the near future, even though the process of making of this mega event has now been delayed by some ‘medium’ and ‘high-medium’ earthquakes releasing some amounts of the accumulated strain in the recent period.
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