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Amid the opposition’s loud protests on the violence in Manipur, Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023 by a voice vote. The bill brings changes to the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 by decriminalising biodiversity offences, among others.

Lok Sabha passed two crucial bills — Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill and Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill — amidst Opposition sloganeering and repeated disruptions. The Lok Sabha witnessed disruptions throughout the day as the Opposition continued to demand a statement by the PM on Manipur. The House met at 11 am and the Opposition MPs trooped into the well.

cheetahs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh this week, Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said the government is serious about the project and the cursorial animals won't be shifted out of KNP. He said a team will soon visit the protected park in MP's Sheopur district. Since March this year, eight cheetahs, including three cubs born in India, have died at KNP. «Our teams are working. We are having discussions with our teams and experts. We are bound to take proper care of our cheetahs,» he told reporters here. In the latest loss, male cheetah Tejas died on Tuesday, while another big cat named Suraj lost its life on Friday, according to officials. Both had been translocated from South Africa. «One of our teams will visit KNP shortly. I hope the project will go smoothly. We are serious about it. One year is needed for things to settle down,» he added.

Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said the cheetahs will continue to remain in the Kuno national park in Madhya Pradesh and asserted that the project will be successful. «We are in touch with experts, including international experts. Our team will visit there.

The government is committed towards achieving universalization of social security, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav has said as he emphasised the importance of the e-shram portal to capture the data of unorganized workers for evidence -based policy making.