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In Chirgaon, Residents and Conservationists Work To Bring Back Their Vultures 27/07/2021 A long billed vulture. Representative image. Photo: Arindam Aditya/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 A small village in Maharashtra’s Raigad region is on its way to revive its vulture population. The collective efforts of the locals and conservation organisations have seen the local vulture population in Chirgaon village rise to 249 this year, from 22 in 1999-2000 when nationally, the vulture population was sharply declining. In the 1980s, India was home to around 40 million vultures primarily belonging to three species – white-backed, long-billed and slender-billed. By 2017, that number had declined to 19,000. The sharp slide – as much as 90% in some species – prompted the government of India to launch the National Vulture Conservation Action Plan 2020-25 in 2019. The conservation plan looks to not just halt this decline but also actively increase the number of ....
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Himachal Local Polls: Congress Gets Majority in Palampur, Solan; BJP in Mandi, Dharamshala The elections have come as a morale booster for the Congress as it got a clear majority in two municipalities. Flags of the Congress and BJP. Photo: PTI Politics7 hours ago Shimla: The BJP and the Congress emerged as the single largest party in two each out of the four municipal corporations in Himachal Pradesh as it went to polls on Wednesday, an election official said. The ruling BJP emerged as the single largest party in Mandi and Dharamshala, while the Congress succeeded in getting a majority in Palampur and Solan, state electoral officer Sanjeev Chauhan said. ....
Representative image SHIMLA: The BJP and the Congress emerged as the single largest party in two each out of the four municipal corporations in Himachal Pradesh that went to polls on Wednesday, an election official said. The ruling BJP emerged as the single largest party in Mandi and Dharamshala, while the Congress succeeded in getting majority in Palampur and Solan, state electoral officer Sanjeev Chauhan said. In what may be considered as a relief for chief minister Jairam Thakur, the BJP got a clear majority in his home district Mandi by securing its victory in 11 out of total 15 wards. The Congress got just four seats in Mandi. ....
Himachal Pradesh: Voting underway for municipal corporation polls in Dharamshala ANI | Updated: Apr 07, 2021 10:58 IST Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): Voting for Dharamshala municipal election began on Wednesday morning. Polling for Palampur, Solan, and Mandi municipal corporations is also being held today. Immediately after polling concludes, counting of votes will be taken up and results will be declared the same day. On March 13, the state election commission had notified the schedule for the four municipal corporations Dharamshala, Palampur, Solan, and Mandi and six panchayats Anni, Chirgaon, Nerwa, Nirmand, Kandaghat, and Amb Nagar. Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections for 68 seats are expected to take place in 2022. ....