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SC asks Tamil Nadu to seal 11 resorts on Nilgiris elephant corridor within...	9.8.2018	DNA: Bangalore
SC asks Tamil Nadu to seal 11 resorts on Nilgiris elephant corridor within...
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5 Tamil Nadu Men Detained After Taking Selfies With King Cobra	7.8.2018	NDTV News - Top-stories
After pictures of five men posing with a king cobra they caught went viral on social media, the act landed them in prison.
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Kerala's Munnar Gets Ready For Rare Flower Show After 12 Years	13.7.2018	NDTV News - South
Kerala Tourism and the state's Munnar are all set for a rare spectacle - happening once every 12 years - when the hills at the hugely popular tourist resort will be carpeted with the blossoms of the...
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Kerala's Munnar Get Ready For A Rare Flower That Blooms Once In 12 Years	13.7.2018	NDTV News - South
Kerala Tourism and the state's Munnar are all set for a rare spectacle - happening once every 12 years - when the hills at the hugely popular tourist resort will be carpeted with the blossoms of the...
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Wildlife Board adds four species to recovery plan	2.7.2018	DNA: Money
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its nod to include four diverse species — Northern River Terrapin (riverine turtle), Red Panda, Clouded Leopard and Arabian Sea Humpback Whale — in the recovery programme for critically endangered species. This decision will lead to targeted conservation of these species whose population is on the decline. They fall in the critically endangered to vulnerable categories as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The species recovery programme of the Union Environment Ministry is implemented under Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats — a centrally sponsored umbrella scheme for management and conservation of parks, wildlife habitats and conservation. Minutes of the NBWL meeting held on June 13, show that the Environment Ministry's wildlife division proposed for inclusion of these four species in the recovery programme. In April, the wildlife division had held a meeting of the Chief Wildlife Wardens (CWW)of East and Northeast ...
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Gene pool tropical garden opened to tourists	26.6.2018	Hindu: Coimbatore
The Gudalur forest division in the Nilgiris has opened the Gene Pool area in Nadugani, Pandalur to tourism with a view to providing livelihood to the
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The jungle book	20.6.2018	Hindu: Religion
The author recalls his days in Mavanhalla, amidst thick foliage and a set of prying eyes
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Focus on regulating tourism in forest areas	19.6.2018	Hindu: News
Sumesh Soman, the new District Forest Officer (DFO) of the Nilgiris Forest Division, which was formed recently after the merger of Nilgiris North and
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A pale view of the Ooty hills	16.6.2018	Hindu: Health
Ooty: there’s silence, bison sightings, forest-scented air. And any amount of plastic
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Volleyball passes message of conservation among Irula youth	12.6.2018	Hindu: Diet & Nutrition
When WWF India wanted to take the message of tiger conservation to the youth of Irula community in the Western Ghats, it conducted an inter-village t
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Munnar to turn blue in a few weeks	7.6.2018	Hindu: Diet & Nutrition
Tourists expected to flock to the hill station during the kurinji blooming period
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Welcome to the jungle! 5 safaris to beat the summer heat	4.6.2018	Rediff: GetAhead
A forest safari is the best way to observe animals in their natural habitat.
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Calling earth lovers	2.6.2018	Hindu: Policy & Issues
On World Environment Day, Siruthuli in Coimbatore, and and Burliyar in the neighbouring Nilgiris have pledged to confront the deadliest threats to the planet, plastic. What about you?
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Gorishola Reservoir has very little water despite rain	2.6.2018	Hindu: Policy & Issues
Despite good rain in the Nilgiris this year, the Gorishola Reservoir that serves as an important source of water for Udhagamandalam town is almost dr
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Where goes the slum dweller evicted in Indian cities?	30.5.2018	Citizen Matters
Slums are increasingly being evacuated in Indian cities, often violently, to make way for city ‘beautification’, smart cities and even book fairs. But no one tracks where the evicted poor go. »
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Elephant drives lead to spikes in stress levels	26.5.2018	Hindu: S & T
Calves had more than 100% stress-level increase
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Fruit show gets underway in Coonoor	26.5.2018	General News
A replica of a nine-foot tall elephant and six-foot tall calf, made of around one tonne of grapes, was the cynosure of all eyes at the two-day fruit show which began today in neighbouring Nilgiris district. The horticulture department organises the annual summer festival in Coonoor, which comprises a spice show, a vegetable show, a rose show and a flower show. The 60th edition of the fruit show marks the conclusion of the festival. This year, the department created replica of animals, birds and a big arch made of different fruits. Another attraction was the rangoli made of 500 kgs of different fruits, including peach which are grown in the district. Apart from Nilgiris, 11 other districts of the state and a few private organisations participated in the fruit show.
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Activists against helicopter sorties over the Nilgiris	25.5.2018	The Hindu - Tamil Nadu
Not aware of private company’s plans as of now, claim forest officials
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Heaven is a place on earth. Indian earth	24.5.2018	Rediff: GetAhead
From Dudhwa to Veppathur and Havelock Island, the Indian tourism market is booming like never before.
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Nipah virus: special ward opened at Coimbatore govt hospital	22.5.2018	General News
A special ward has been opened in the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital as a precautionary measure in the wake of outbreak of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district of Kerala. A special medical team has been stationed at Walayar on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border as a number of people keep coming to the city from various places in Kerala, particularly Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode, official sources said. The team is examining people entering Tamil Nadu, especially those with the symptoms of fever, the sources said. Also, medical check-up is being conducted in border areas of Nilgiris district and Kerala, they said. So far no cases have been reported from the borders, they said. Fruit vendors have been asked not to sell fruits that had fallen from trees and those partially consumed by birds and animals. Nipah virus spreads from animals to humans and there is no vaccination to contain the infection.
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