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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said today that the government was ready to discuss all issues under rules and procedures of Parliament during an all-party meeting ahead of the monsoon session, which is slated to begin tomorrow.

Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament starting on July 18, the government has convened an all-party meeting on July 17 morning to discuss the agenda for the upcoming session.

The change, effected by the Forest Conservation Rules, 2022, will violate provisions of the Forest Rights Act, according to a report.

The question is if lawmakers will approve this illegal move which seriously endangers forests and all its inhabitants, including forest-dwellers.

KOTA KINABALU: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Borneo Forestry Cooperatives and Sabah Forestry Department to conduct research into forest plantations.

The government's initiative to provide LPG connections to economically weaker sections under the Ujjwala Yojana is proven futile in interior villages of Manipur.

Environmentalists warn that should the Forest Amendment Bill be passed, more than half of forests would be lost.  

​​​​​​​NYAMWAGE village in Rufiji District, Coastal Region has raised more than 300m/- as revenues since 2017/18 when the village started implementing community based forest management (CBFM) in their village.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has formed a committee to inspect and evaluate a broad gauge railway line project proposed through tiger areas in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, but without tiger experts.As ...

143.5-acres purchase aims to protect endangered species in new conservation zone on Saturna Island