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Bureaucrat Gets Notice For Reposting AI Image Of Kancha Gachibowli Land
The Cyberabad Police have issued a notice to a senior IAS officer over the reposting of an AI-generated image of a 400-acre land parcel in Kancha Gachibowli, adjacent to the University of Hyderabad (UoH).
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Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli Row: Why Students, Environmentalists Are Protesting
The dispute over Kancha Gachibowli in Hyderabad has sparked a legal and environmental battle involving students, activists and the Telangana government over alleged forest land and redevelopment plans.
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"Restore 100 Acres Or...": Supreme Court On Hyderabad University Land Row
The Supreme Court made searing observations about the Telangana government's rushed deforestation of an estimated 100 acres in Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli area, near the Hyderabad Central University campus, "without permission of authorities".
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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Fossil Evidence Shows Plants Survived the End-Permian Mass Extinction in China
Fossils discovered in China indicate that the End-Permian mass extinction, which wiped out 80% of life on Earth, may not have been as devastating for plants as previously thought. Researchers found evidence of gymnosperm forests and ferns in rock layers from this period, suggesting that some ecosystems remained intact. This discovery challenges ass...
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"Treacherous Routes, Phones Confiscated": Indians Recount Deportation Horror
After traversing treacherous routes through hills, forest and sea, and losing tens of lakhs of rupees to find a passage into the US, 116 Indians landed in Amritsar on board the second deportation flight
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NISAR Satellite by NASA and ISRO to Monitor Earth Like Never Before
NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite will soon launch to monitor Earth's changing surface with dual-band radar. The mission will capture precise data on land deformation, ice-sheet movements, and vegetation. This first-of-its-kind collaboration combines NASA’s L-band radar expertise with ISRO’s S-band radar capabilities, ensuring comprehensive insig...
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Violence Erupts in Madhya Pradesh Over Forest Land, 12 Houses Set On Fire
Violence unfolded in Panheti village under Fatehgarh police station in Mashya Pradesh's Guna district.
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Forests Emit Carbon Dioxide for Years After Wildfires, Study Finds
A recent study has found that forests destroyed by wildfires continue to emit carbon dioxide (CO₂) for years after the flames die down. The research, conducted in Sweden’s boreal forests, revealed that burnt areas release CO₂ at a rate that more than doubles the amount emitted during the fire itself. These findings are particularly concerning...
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Funds For Freebies But Not For Compensation? Supreme Court Pulls Up Maharashtra
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra government for not filing its response to the construction of buildings in forest land and compensation to the affected private party.
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If BJP Is Not Defeated, Tribals Will Be Uprooted: Jharkhand Chief Minister
Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Saturday alleged that the BJP would loot tribal land and uproot them from forests and coal-bearing areas, if the party is not defeated in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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No New Zoo Or Safari On Forest Land Without Our Approval: Supreme Court
Any fresh proposal for opening a zoo or starting a 'safari' on forest land will now require the approval of the Supreme Court, which on Monday issued a slew of directions for forest conservation across the country.
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Forest Land Five Times Delhi's Geographical Area Under Encroachment: Data
A total 7,506 square kilometres of recorded forest area -- five times the geographical area of Delhi -- is currently under encroachment in the country, according to government data.
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Assets Of Forest Officer Worth Over 2 Crore Attached In Money Laundering Case
Agricultural land, bank balances and fixed deposits worth more than Rs 2 crore of IFS officer Neeharika Singh have been provisionally attached under the anti-money laundering law in a probe linked to alleged investment fraud, the ED said.
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Bureaucrat Gets Notice For Reposting AI Image Of Kancha Gachibowli Land
The Cyberabad Police have issued a notice to a senior IAS officer over the reposting of an AI-generated image of a 400-acre land parcel in Kancha Gachibowli, adjacent to the University of Hyderabad (UoH).
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Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli Row: Why Students, Environmentalists Are Protesting
The dispute over Kancha Gachibowli in Hyderabad has sparked a legal and environmental battle involving students, activists and the Telangana government over alleged forest land and redevelopment plans.
-
"Restore 100 Acres Or...": Supreme Court On Hyderabad University Land Row
The Supreme Court made searing observations about the Telangana government's rushed deforestation of an estimated 100 acres in Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli area, near the Hyderabad Central University campus, "without permission of authorities".
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Tamil Minister's "Disgusting" Comment On Sex Workers Triggers Furious Row
Tamil Nadu's Forest Minister K Ponmudy's misogynistic remarks - laced with caste undertones - have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin in trouble, inviting fierce criticism from women's rights activists, the opposition, and within his DMK.
-
Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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Fossil Evidence Shows Plants Survived the End-Permian Mass Extinction in China
Fossils discovered in China indicate that the End-Permian mass extinction, which wiped out 80% of life on Earth, may not have been as devastating for plants as previously thought. Researchers found evidence of gymnosperm forests and ferns in rock layers from this period, suggesting that some ecosystems remained intact. This discovery challenges ass...
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"Treacherous Routes, Phones Confiscated": Indians Recount Deportation Horror
After traversing treacherous routes through hills, forest and sea, and losing tens of lakhs of rupees to find a passage into the US, 116 Indians landed in Amritsar on board the second deportation flight
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NISAR Satellite by NASA and ISRO to Monitor Earth Like Never Before
NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite will soon launch to monitor Earth's changing surface with dual-band radar. The mission will capture precise data on land deformation, ice-sheet movements, and vegetation. This first-of-its-kind collaboration combines NASA’s L-band radar expertise with ISRO’s S-band radar capabilities, ensuring comprehensive insig...
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Violence Erupts in Madhya Pradesh Over Forest Land, 12 Houses Set On Fire
Violence unfolded in Panheti village under Fatehgarh police station in Mashya Pradesh's Guna district.
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Forests Emit Carbon Dioxide for Years After Wildfires, Study Finds
A recent study has found that forests destroyed by wildfires continue to emit carbon dioxide (CO₂) for years after the flames die down. The research, conducted in Sweden’s boreal forests, revealed that burnt areas release CO₂ at a rate that more than doubles the amount emitted during the fire itself. These findings are particularly concerning...
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Funds For Freebies But Not For Compensation? Supreme Court Pulls Up Maharashtra
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra government for not filing its response to the construction of buildings in forest land and compensation to the affected private party.
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If BJP Is Not Defeated, Tribals Will Be Uprooted: Jharkhand Chief Minister
Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Saturday alleged that the BJP would loot tribal land and uproot them from forests and coal-bearing areas, if the party is not defeated in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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No New Zoo Or Safari On Forest Land Without Our Approval: Supreme Court
Any fresh proposal for opening a zoo or starting a 'safari' on forest land will now require the approval of the Supreme Court, which on Monday issued a slew of directions for forest conservation across the country.
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Forest Land Five Times Delhi's Geographical Area Under Encroachment: Data
A total 7,506 square kilometres of recorded forest area -- five times the geographical area of Delhi -- is currently under encroachment in the country, according to government data.
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Assets Of Forest Officer Worth Over 2 Crore Attached In Money Laundering Case
Agricultural land, bank balances and fixed deposits worth more than Rs 2 crore of IFS officer Neeharika Singh have been provisionally attached under the anti-money laundering law in a probe linked to alleged investment fraud, the ED said.
