In ‘Iconic Trees of India’, S Natesh tells the stories of 75 living trees. From the oldest Chinar in Kashmir to the speaking fig tree in the Andaman jail.
The former Daewoo Motors factory in Greater Noida was sealed after a real-estate company was caught brazenly felling trees not once, but twice. It’s a first for a private property here.
Tracking those tree weight dynamics over large areas delivers new insights into the climate impact achieved by forest conservation and restoration projects.
MMRCL had informed SC in 2019 that it needed to fell 84 trees in Aarey Forest for metro car shed, but later sought permission from officials to cut 185.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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