India lost 5 lakh people from 2000 to 2005, which amounts to economic damage of Rs. 58,621 crore per year, due to the near extinction of vultures from 2000 to 2005.
Kendu sellers in Odisha stand at risk of losing produce of Rs. 34 lakhs, due to the delay in allowance of permits.
CITES has allowed agarwood to be excluded from the Review of Significant Trade, which will benefit lakhs of cultivators in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura.
Manu Bhaker, became India’s first woman shooter to win an Olympic medal, as she won Bronze in the 10m air pistol event of the Paris Olympics.
86% of Jharkhand’s paddy cultivation land has been left unused due to a 47% rainfall deficit till 26th July.
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