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How to Apply for High Security Registration Plates in Delhi: All You Need to Know
Delhi Transport Department has made it mandatory for all vehicle owners in the national capital to install the high security registration plate (HSRP) on your vehicle. Car owners can apply for one by logging on to bookmyhsrp.com. Violators can be fined up to Rs. 10,000.
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Nintendo Says 1,60,000 Login IDs, Passwords Illegally Obtained, Data May Have Been Accessed
Nintendo said on its support page that user information of about 1,60,000 accounts may have been accessed in an unauthorised manner by the hackers. The company said that login ids and passwords that were “obtained illegally by some means other than our service” were used to access the personal information of the users of “some ‘Nintendo acc...
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Hungry And In Chains, Thailand's Tourist Elephants Face Crisis
Underfed and chained up for endless hours, campaigners warn many elephants working in Thailand's tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos or shifted into the illegal logging trade as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers.
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Brazil Keeps An Eye On Amazon Deforestation Through Satellites
The vast Amazon forest may be hard to penetrate, posing a problem for authorities trying to stop illegal logging -- but there are still eyes in the sky keeping track of the destruction.
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AAP Government Wants Case Against Delhi Golf Course For Cutting 100 Trees
The Delhi Golf Club has allegedly chopped over 100 trees on its premises without taking mandatory permissions from the forest department, a complaint by the Delhi government said. A team of the forest department visited the club thrice last week after a member informed them about the illegal felling of the trees.
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Illegal Poaching, Logging And Mining Worth Up To $258 Billion: Report
Illegal logging, mining, poaching and other environmentally destructive trade earned criminal gangs up to $258 billion last year, the United Nations said in a report published on Saturday.
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Brazil Losing Forest The Size Of Two Football Fields Per Minute
Latin America's largest country is still losing tropical forests the size of two football fields every minute, despite attempts to tackle illegal logging and improve local land rights, a former head of Brazil's forestry service has said.
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Artificial Intelligence to Help Curb Poaching: Study
Researchers are using AI and game theory to solve poaching, illegal logging and other problems worldwide.
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Industry Threatens Nearly Half Of Natural Heritage Sites: WWF
Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group WWF warned today.
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10 Cambodians Arrested Over Illegal Logging Patrol Murders
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said today.
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Journalist Killed in Cambodia, Three Detained
Cambodian police have detained three men believed to be linked to the shooting death of a local journalist who was investigating illegal logging in the country's east.
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US Authorities Probe Bitcoin Exchanges Over Illegal Transactions: Report
The subpoenas to Mt. Gox demanded customer-transaction logs and materials related to solicitation of investors. The report did not mention any other bitcoin businesses that received subpoenas.
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Organised crime moving into logging: UN, Interpol
Organised crime is now a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 per cent of all wood traded globally, the UN and Interpol warned on Thursday. In the mid-2000s, some tropical countries reported a fall in illicit forest clearance, but this may well have been a mirage, they said.
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How to Apply for High Security Registration Plates in Delhi: All You Need to Know
Delhi Transport Department has made it mandatory for all vehicle owners in the national capital to install the high security registration plate (HSRP) on your vehicle. Car owners can apply for one by logging on to bookmyhsrp.com. Violators can be fined up to Rs. 10,000.
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Nintendo Says 1,60,000 Login IDs, Passwords Illegally Obtained, Data May Have Been Accessed
Nintendo said on its support page that user information of about 1,60,000 accounts may have been accessed in an unauthorised manner by the hackers. The company said that login ids and passwords that were “obtained illegally by some means other than our service” were used to access the personal information of the users of “some ‘Nintendo acc...
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Hungry And In Chains, Thailand's Tourist Elephants Face Crisis
Underfed and chained up for endless hours, campaigners warn many elephants working in Thailand's tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos or shifted into the illegal logging trade as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers.
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Brazil Keeps An Eye On Amazon Deforestation Through Satellites
The vast Amazon forest may be hard to penetrate, posing a problem for authorities trying to stop illegal logging -- but there are still eyes in the sky keeping track of the destruction.
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AAP Government Wants Case Against Delhi Golf Course For Cutting 100 Trees
The Delhi Golf Club has allegedly chopped over 100 trees on its premises without taking mandatory permissions from the forest department, a complaint by the Delhi government said. A team of the forest department visited the club thrice last week after a member informed them about the illegal felling of the trees.
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Illegal Poaching, Logging And Mining Worth Up To $258 Billion: Report
Illegal logging, mining, poaching and other environmentally destructive trade earned criminal gangs up to $258 billion last year, the United Nations said in a report published on Saturday.
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Brazil Losing Forest The Size Of Two Football Fields Per Minute
Latin America's largest country is still losing tropical forests the size of two football fields every minute, despite attempts to tackle illegal logging and improve local land rights, a former head of Brazil's forestry service has said.
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Artificial Intelligence to Help Curb Poaching: Study
Researchers are using AI and game theory to solve poaching, illegal logging and other problems worldwide.
-
Industry Threatens Nearly Half Of Natural Heritage Sites: WWF
Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group WWF warned today.
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10 Cambodians Arrested Over Illegal Logging Patrol Murders
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said today.
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Journalist Killed in Cambodia, Three Detained
Cambodian police have detained three men believed to be linked to the shooting death of a local journalist who was investigating illegal logging in the country's east.
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US Authorities Probe Bitcoin Exchanges Over Illegal Transactions: Report
The subpoenas to Mt. Gox demanded customer-transaction logs and materials related to solicitation of investors. The report did not mention any other bitcoin businesses that received subpoenas.
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Organised crime moving into logging: UN, Interpol
Organised crime is now a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 per cent of all wood traded globally, the UN and Interpol warned on Thursday. In the mid-2000s, some tropical countries reported a fall in illicit forest clearance, but this may well have been a mirage, they said.
