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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicIndian forests

Topic: Indian forests

Days after IFS officers’ letter, govt forms panel to improve working conditions of forest staff

Sanya Dhingra -
Indian Forest Service officers have for a long time demanded social & financial recognition for staff who confront innumerable dangers, including armed poachers, in the line of duty.

NITI Aayog plans private partnerships to revive India’s degraded forests

Sanya Dhingra -
Experts say the government’s focus on degraded forests is welcome, but express apprehensions about bringing in private players to save them.

Retired IFS officers question forest certification scheme & NGO Modi govt chose to run it

Sanya Dhingra -
Retired IFS officers have said the NGO chosen to execute the scheme will get undue powers and endanger the livelihood of tribals dependent on forest produce.

India’s green cover up by over 5,000 sq km but existing forests lost trees: 2018 survey

Mohana Basu -
India State of Forest Report shows maximum increase in tree and forest cover in Karnataka, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

India’s forest cover grows, but picture looks grim in northeast

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Northeast is home to one fourth of India’s green cover; shrink is attributed to shifting cultivation and development activities.
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New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

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Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

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To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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