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Thar Rural Environment and Economic Society, an NGO has urged the authorities to take measures for saving trees in Thar.

Directors of the NGO arranged a press conference on Wednesday for creating awareness among people to protect this valuable asset of the area.

The Rubber Board has invited applications from rubber growers for assistance in replanting and new planting under the Rubber Plantation Development Scheme. Applications in the prescribed form in duplicate together with two copies of correct survey plan of the land should reach the respective regional offices of the Board.

Northeast India, being situated in the transition zone of Indian, Indo-Malayan and Indo-Chinese biogeographic regions, harbour a rich biological diversity, which is a well known fact. This is also a transition zone between the low-lying Indian peninsula and highlands of Himalayan mountain which also makes it an abode of diverse flora and fauna.

Europe should push for tighter laws to curb the illegal timber trade by making both importers and exporters get licenses to show their wood does not come from endangered rainforests, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

New Delhi: The May 31 deadline for all tobacco manufacturers to prominently display a skull-and-bones sign and a warning saying

Noted expert on tobacco control, Dr Prakash C Gupta today focused on tobacco consumption in the Indian context and underlined the need for a rethink in control strategies. Delivering the Dr KC Borooah Foundation day oration at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, Gupta remarked that the tobacco problem in India is unique, because it implies a vast array of smoking and smokeless tobacco products.

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Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN

The Flying Squad of Ampara District Forest Conservation Office, within an hour of its inception seized three lorry loads of timber valued at over Rs.1, 000,000 each in transit with measurements different from those given in the permit. The raid was conducted by District Forest Officer in Ampara, Lalith Gamage on information received by him.