Tag: Prakash Javadekar

New Delhi: India’s leopard population increased to over 12,000 in 2018 from around 8,000 in 2014, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said Monday, asserting the rise in their numbers coming on the heels of similar reports on tigers, lions, shows the country is protecting its ecology and biodiversity well. Releasing the Status of Leopards in India […]

Puri: The Golden Beach at Puri was formally accorded the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ tag on Monday with the unfurling of the Blue Flag and the Tricolour on the beach. The Union Minister of Forest and Environment, Prakash Javadekar flagged off the programme over virtual mode, announcing Blue Flag tag formally to the Golden Beach. Odisha’s […]

Baripada/Bhubaneswar: Nearly 10 days after a devastating wildfire broke out in the Similipal Tiger Reserve and the adjoining sanctuary and continue to devour large chunks of the park in quick succession, the Odisha government seems to have woken up to the unprecedented environmental and ecological disaster now. On Wednesday Odisha’s Forest and Environment Minister Bikram […]

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday met representatives from the Over the Top (OTT) industry and said they have welcomed the government’s new guidelines. He also said that the OTT industry will partner with the ministry towards making the experience on the platform better for audience. “Had a fruitful meeting with […]

New Delhi: A Central empowered committee will visit Odisha tomorrow to assess the wildfire situation and provide technical assistance to State officials in containing the blaze in Similipal biosphere reserve and other forests. Union Forest and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has directed the panel comprising experts from the Forest Research Institute, forest conservationists and fire […]

New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that a three-member experts team has been sent to Odisha to help the state government in controlling the unprecedented forest fire in Similipal National Park. The panel will tender expert technical advice for early dousing of the forest fires, Javadekar tweeted. The expert team consists […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The ongoing marital discord between actor-turned MP Anubhav Mohanty and his celebrity wife Varsha Priyadarshini has taken a new twist on Sunday after Delhi-based journalist Jagrati Shukla, who described herself as one of the good friends of the MP, has cautioned the ‘fans of Varsha’ for trolling her on social media platform by […]

New Delhi: India will host a Global Media and Film Summit next year and it will also set up a special pavilion at Cannes in 2022 on the occasion of Cannes Film Festival’s 75 years celebrations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. Javadekar made the announcement while addressing the CII Big […]