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eco-sensitive zone of the Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Jorhat district. The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, approved the proposal by Vedanta Group's Cairn Oil & Gas during its meeting on December 21, according to the minutes of the meeting. Assam's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and chief wildlife warden had recommended clearance for the project in August last year, citing «national interest». The Forest Advisory Committee of the Union Environment Ministry had also granted in-principle approval during its meeting on August 27 last year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The rollback of pledges by a major economy can lead to missed global climate mitigation targets, but state- and municipal-level policies can still bear positive impacts, said Jim Skea, chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Skea said that withdrawing from an agreement may not mean the country will stop all climate change mitigation activities.

Changthang High Altitude Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary and the Karakorum Nubra Shyok Wildlife Sanctuary, aims to speed up ammunition access and ensure quicker operational deployment, according to the Ministry of Defence. India and China were engaged in a 54-month-long military standoff in eastern Ladakh, which began after their troops clashed in the Galwan Valley in May 2020. This standoff ended in October last year. The proposals for this strategic infrastructure were discussed during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on December 21.

India on Tuesday said that adequate financing holds the key to achieving the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). During a ministerial dialogue on finance at the 16th UN conference to combat desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav also shared that India has already restored 22.5 million hectares of degraded land against the target of 26 million hectares by 2030. The minister said adequate financing holds the «key to achieving the objectives of the UNCCD» and that the World Drought Atlas released on Monday could serve as a guide for increasing mobilization of financial resources. Yadav also highlighted government initiatives like the Green Credit Programme, which involves identifying and restoring degraded land with financial support from industries.

Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend the UN climate conference in Azerbaijan that Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav may also miss, official sources said on Thursday. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh will lead the 19-member Indian delegation and deliver India's national statement at the high-level segment on November 18-19.

air quality crisis in the national capital. In a high-level virtual meeting, co-chaired by Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, states were asked to optimize the use of more than 300,000 crop residue management machines that have been distributed to farmers with government subsidies. «Sustained attention is crucial,» Chauhan said in the meeting, despite noting progress in reducing farm fires. The official data shows stubble burning incidents have decreased 35 per cent in Punjab and 21 per cent in Haryana compared to last year, with overall cases down 51 per cent since 2017.

National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) has revoked the permission granted to a temple trust to use 0.35 hectares of land inside a Gujarat wildlife sanctuary. It has also set up a panel to frame protocol for green permissions to religious institutions in forest areas. The move follows concerns raised by a wild life board member over allowing 'religious use' of the sanctuary land. In view of several 'sacred caves and religious places' in forests and wildlife areas and 'mentions in religious texts', a panel has been set up on the issue, as per the minutes of the October 9 meeting of the standing committee chaired by environment minister Bhupender Yadav. The panel will formulate a standard operating procedure for such religious bodies, prescribe applications and documents required to be submitted along with applications seeking recommendations of the standing committee — in accordance with the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, as per the minutes.

Delhi Pollution Control Committee on Monday ordered complete ban on manufacturing, storage, selling and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers upto January 1, 2025 in the national capital. The ban comes ahead of festive season that can result a surge in pollition in the union territory. Delhi's air quality worsened to the 'poor' category on Sunday, the day after Dussehra, with the Centre deciding to closely monitor the situation before taking anti-air pollution measures under Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Delhi's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 224 on Sunday, according to the 4 pm AQI bulletin from the Central Pollution Control Board. GRAP is categorised into four stages based on Delhi's air quality: Stage I — 'Poor' (AQI 201-300); Stage II — 'Very Poor' (AQI 301-400); Stage III — 'Severe' (AQI 401-450); and Stage IV — 'Severe Plus' (AQI >450).

Wayanad disaster, but right now, the affected people battling psychological trauma require attention and sympathy, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Monday. Tharoor was responding to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav's remarks that the Kerala government allowed «illegal human habitat expansion and mining» in the state's fragile region which resulted in the devastating landslides in Wayanad district. «If there has been any illegality that certainly should not be condoned and action should be taken. On that, I think we are all in (of) the same view that illegality is not something anybody welcomes. And I am sure the committee should do a professional job and make the decisions it needs to make,» Tharoor told PTI Video.

Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said his party maintained its support among people despite losing seats in the recent Lok Sabha polls. He was addressing the party's state convention in Pune, which is being attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the party's state in charge and Union minister Bhupender Yadav, co-incharge Ashwini Vaishnaw, among others. «The BJP lost some seats in the Lok Sabha elections, but our voter base remains strong. There is no need to worry about it. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP secured 1,33,08,961 votes. The number increased in the subsequent assembly elections, with the BJP receiving 1,47,09,276 votes,» Bawankule pointed out. «In the 2019 general elections, the BJP obtained 1,49,12,139 votes. In the 2024 general elections, we got 1,49,13,914 votes. This clearly indicates the support for the BJP among the people remains unwavering. Nonetheless, we only secured nine seats in this Lok Sabha election,» he added.

Fauna of India Checklist Portal" on the occasion of the 109th Foundation Day of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata on Sunday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said the first comprehensive document on the faunal species in India will position the country as a global leader in biodiversity documentation.

carbon emissions should come forward and own the responsibility of providing finance to developing countries to address the climate crisis, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Friday. Climate finance will be at the centre of the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the world will reach the deadline to agree on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) — the new amount developed nations must mobilise every year starting in 2025 to support climate action in developing countries. «Temperature rise is a global problem. IPCC reports clearly say the increase in carbon emissions is driving average global temperatures up. Countries have prepared their Nationally Determined Contributions. India has achieved its climate targets, be it in the renewable energy sector or reducing carbon emissions,» Yadav said at the India Climate Summit. «Developed countries are required to provide finance and technological support to developing countries if we need equal growth in the world. Unfortunately, this could not happen but the New Collective Quantified Goal will be the central point of the COP29 in Baku. Countries historically responsible for maximum carbon emissions should come forward,» he said.

Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some state BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meet, sources said on Tuesday. Details of the meeting were not available. It was convened in the backdrop of the ruling Mahayuti's below par performance in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections. «CM Shinde held a meeting with Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at his official residence 'Varsha'. After Pawar left, Shinde and Fadnavis continued the meeting for some time,» a source in the BJP said on Tuesday. BJP's central leadership has called a review meeting with state leaders in connection with the party's performance in the Lok Sabha polls.

Rajnath Singh on Tuesday in Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar. Apart from Rajnath Singh, Union minister Bhupender Yadav attended the meeting as observer.The announcement comes a week after the BJP stormed to power in the state on its own for the first time by winning 78 out of 147 seats.

South African Cheetah 'Gamini' has given birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur. An announcement in this regard was made by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Sunday. The Union Minister said that the total number of Indian-born Cheetah cubs has gone up to 13.

195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections here in the national capital on March 2. While at least 42 of the candidates who were elected to Parliament in 2019, have been replaced with new names, the party has also fielded at least ministers who are currently Rajya Sabha members. Among the big BJP ministers, who are Rajya Sabha members and will contest elections include Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who will be contesting from Porbandar in Gujarat and junior IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who will contest from Thiruvananthapuram seat, which is held by the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.

Fund Organisation (EPFO) has fixed 8.25% interest rate on provident fund deposits for 2023-24, the highest in three years, following the approval of its central board of trustees at its meeting on Saturday. For 2022-23, the retirement fund body offered 8.15% interest, higher than 8.10% in 2021-22. The interest rate for 2023-24 will be officially notified after approval from the finance ministry, following which EPFO will credit the interest to subscribers' accounts at the end of the financial year.

Karnataka BJP is set to win all 28 seats for the Lok Sabha in the upcoming polls, said Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday. The minister was attending the party's state executive committee meeting in Bengaluru as a part of the preparation for the Lok Sabha polls, along with Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Karnataka chief ministers BS Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai, state BJP President BY Vijayendra, party leaders Jagadish Shettar, CT Ravi, etc. “People of Karnataka, who value their historical culture as well as Information & Technology, are fully behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of a Viksit Bharat (developed India) that also values its Virasat (heritage),” Yadav said. This was the first such meeting being held after Vijayendra took over as the BJP state president and a new team of party state office-bearers was formed.

Namibian cheetah Jwala has given birth to four cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and not three, as reported previously, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday. The births, first reported on Tuesday, came just weeks after three cubs were born to another Namibian cheetah, Aasha. Yadav said in a post on X, «Wildlife wonders! As frontline wildlife warriors managed to get closer to Jwala, they found she has given birth to four, not three, cubs.

With an eye on crossing 303 seats and 37.36 per cent vote share that it garnered in the previous Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set out on an ambitious outreach mission aimed at surpassing its 2019 mandate, with the inauguration of the Ram Temple at the centre of it.