Chennai, July 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (PWD) is preparing an ambitious plan to restore, preserve and commercially utilise hundreds of heritage buildings across the State in an effort to safeguard their architectural legacy while ensuring their long-term maintenance through sustainable revenue generation.According to officials, Tamil Nadu has 264 heritage structures under the control of the Public Works Department. These buildings date back to the reigns of various dynasti…
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Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has shared an update on her long-standing humanitarian work in Cambodia following a recent visit to the country. The actress took to Instagram to reflect on more than two decades of community-led efforts and spoke about how an initiative that began with clearing landmines left behind by conflict has grown to include forest conservation, sustainable livelihoods, education and healthcare, all led by local people. She shared a st…
Gandhinagar, July 18 (IANS) A new scientific study has found that Asiatic lions living along Gujarat’s coast depend primarily on wild prey rather than domestic livestock, challenging the long-held belief that the species expanded beyond the Gir forests in search of cattle.The research, published in the peer-reviewed international journal ‘Conservation’, found that wild prey accounts for nearly 70 per cent of the biomass consumed by coastal Asiatic lions, highlighting the ecological viability of …
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Friday described probationers of the Indian Forest Service as custodians of India’s natural heritage, exhorting them to focus on increasing forests as these are the foundation of life on Earth. In an interaction with the probationers, who had called on the President, she said that they are not only administrators of forests but also the custodians of India’s natural heritage, as ecological security is integral to the national goal of Viksit …
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state government is further strengthening its land laws, based on recommendations of the Central government, to safeguard the rights of indigenous communities living around heritage sites and preserve the original identity of such areas. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said the proposed measures are aimed at preventing changes to the demographic and cultural character of historically significant locations wh…
Guwahati, July 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday called upon people across the state to actively participate in the week-long Van Mahotsav celebrations by planting at least one sapling, stressing that collective public participation is essential to ensure a greener and more sustainable future. Marking the beginning of Van Mahotsav, the Chief Minister appealed to citizens to devote the power of “Jan Bhagidari” towards increasing the state’s green cover and safeguardin…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Notification of Threatened Species, a major step towards strengthening conservation, an official said on Friday. The SOP was issued under Section 38 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, to facilitate a uniform, transparent and scientifically robust process for the identification, assessment and notification of threatened species by States and Union Territories, said the…
Victoria, June 26 (IANS) Hailing ties between India and Seychelles as “dynamic and excellent”, India’s High Commissioner to Seychelles, Rohit Rathish, on Friday, stated that both nations are looking to introduce new areas of cooperation like Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyberspace, cybersecurity, marine sciences and conservation and blue economy. In an interview with IANS, Rathish said that India and Seychelles are expected to sign a number of outcomes and agreements across all sectors during P…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) The wife of senior IPS officer Annalamada Sunil Achaiah, Sandhya Achaiah (51), was killed in a wild elephant attack at her coffee estate in Konanakatte village near Thithimathi in Karnataka’s Kodagu district on Friday morning.Following the incident, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar spoke to the bereaved officer over the phone and expressed his condolences.According to an official statement, the Chief Minister conveyed deep sorrow over the tragedy and assured the family tha…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The first International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit, scheduled to be held in New Delhi on June 1, has been rescheduled to a later date, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Thursday. The first International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) was being organised in conjunction with the Fourth India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS IV), as several African countries host big cats and are important partners in global efforts towards conservation, ecological sust…