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IndusInd Bank Partners with UNICEF for Climate Action

IndusInd Bank has partnered with UNICEF to tackle climate risks, which aims to enhance community resilience in five...

📅 November 23, 2024

Project Tiger

Project Tiger was launched on April 1, 1973 to conserve tigers in their wild habitats by designating certain...

📅 February 25, 2024

Assam Achieves Zero Poaching of Endangered Rhinos

For the first time in nearly 45 years, Assam recorded zero poaching of endangered rhinos in 2022. These...

📅 January 3, 2023

Australia’s Plan to Stop Extinction Crisis

Australia announced a plan to halt extinction of species. Key facts The Australian Government is planning on stopping...

📅 October 5, 2022

Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program

The Ministry of Environment of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The...

📅 September 14, 2022

What are DMF Funds that are to be used by the states to combat COVID-19?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman recently instructed the state governments to use DMF (District Mineral Foundation) funds to fight...

📅 March 28, 2020

Norway minister participates in Mithi river clean-up drive

Recently, Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein, during his three-day visit to India participated in Mithi river...

📅 March 2, 2020

National Green Corps Ecoclub programme meets for the first time

On December 23, 2019, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) organized an annual meeting of...

📅 December 24, 2019

IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum begins in Pakistan

The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum , one of Asia’s most...

📅 November 14, 2019

Prakritik Kheti Khushshal Kissan Yojana launched by Himachal Pradesh government

The Prakritik Kheti Khushshal Kissan Yojana (PKKKY) was launched by the Himachal Pradesh government to promote organic /...

📅 October 30, 2019

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