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Author: Hiren Dave

Monday, 16 February 2015

15 February 2015: India's forest cover increased marginally

Ø  Vedprakash Mishra, chairman of the Academic Committee of the Medical Council of India, has said that as per the projections made by the World Health Organisation (WHO), India would emerge at the top in meeting the growing demand for the best medical human resources in the world by 2020.
Ø  Election Commission of India has selected Amlan Aditya Biswas, Regional Commissioner, and P.C. Jaffer, Deputy Commissioner, Bidar, for significant contribution to the conduct of elections in the year 2014, according to a release. They were selected for the zonal award in the category of manpower management and expenditure monitoring. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Hyderabad on Saturday, the release said.

Ø  Of the 5,871 sq km increase in the forest cover of India, West Bengal accounts for nearly 64 per cent of this rise, reveals the latest report of Forest Survey of India. A study conducted by the Forest Survey of India that was recently published points out that West Bengal’s forest cover has increased by 3,810 sq km, which is followed by Odisha where increase in forest cover has been 1,444 km and Kerala where the increase has been about 622 sq km.

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