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Topic: Forest department

J&K govt starts training officials on how to check documents of forest land ‘encroachers’

Azaan Javaid -
The J&K administration has already held a training session last week for its ‘frontline workers’ who are tasked to complete the job by 31 March 2021.

6 elephants dead in 9 days in Chhattisgarh, central team delays visit over quarantine fear

Prithviraj Singh -
According to sources, a team of Centre's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is avoiding a visit to investigate the deaths out of fears of being quarantined in view of Covid-19.

Activists suspect Chhattisgarh elephant deaths result of poaching, want shorter probe time

Prithviraj Singh -
After 3 cow elephants were found dead last week on consecutive days, activists allege this could either be a case of poaching or intentional killing.

Chhattisgarh to spend Rs 225 crore to buy forest produce from tribals, bypass middle-men

Prithviraj Singh -
State government hopes the decision will end middle-men monopoly on the procurement process, and provide a sustainable income for the tribals amid Covid-19 crisis. 

The woman forest guard who stared a tiger down for 90 minutes, and lived to tell the tale

Sanya Dhingra -
IFS officers say staff brave dangers, but the job has little recognition and low pay. 

Government veterinary body alleges breach of law in tigress Avni’s killing

Sanya Dhingra -
Veterinary Council of India claims only a registered veterinary doctor can administer tranquilliser, a rule that was not followed in Avni's case.

Killing Avni: Trigger-happy solution or failure of India’s tiger conservation policy?

ThePrint Team -
Tigress Avni, who was being hunted for allegedly killing 13 people in the Pandharkawada-Ralegaon forests of eastern Maharashtra, was shot dead by hunter 'nawab'...

‘Trigger-happy’ hunter’s son kills tigress Avni, but no one’s saying how he got there

Sanya Dhingra -
Avni, a suspected man-eater, was killed in a late-night operation in the small hours of Saturday.

Kejriwal govt says don’t have power to clear tree-felling requests, then reverses some

Apurva Vishwanath -
ThePrint had recently reported that the AAP administration had not rejected a single request to cut trees since assuming office in 2015.

Arvind Kejriwal govt has not rejected a single tree-cutting request since 2015

Apurva Vishwanath -
Delhi forest department records show the AAP administration has allowed the felling of more than 17,115 trees in three years. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi...
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Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

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Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

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India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

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The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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