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  2. 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires - Wikipedia

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    Around 6,000 personnel from the Forest Department were deployed. As of 30 April 2016, 922 instances of fire were reported affecting around 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of forest area. [7] The Mi-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force with Helicopter bucket also known as bambi buckets, were used to douse the fires with water.

  3. 2020 Uttarakhand forest fires - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] On 26 May 2020, the Times of India reported that there had been 46 incidents of forest fire in the state, resulting in a loss of 51.34 hectares (0.5134 km 2) of forest cover. [11] In October 2020, forest officials reported continued incidents of forest fires, which were stated to be 'untimely' for that time of the year.

  4. Bharat Samachar - Wikipedia

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    Bharat Samachar, is an Indian Hindi-language 24-hour television news channel owned by Time Today Media Network Private Limited(d.b.a. Uttar Pradesh Television Limited) according to the MIB. [1] The channel is headquartered in Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India.

  5. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change - Wikipedia

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    The states are directed to channel this amount as compensatory afforestation which shall be used for plantations, assisted natural forest regeneration, forest fire-prevention, pest and disease control in forest, and expedite soil and moisture conservation works. [citation needed]

  6. Wildfire - Wikipedia

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    A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia ), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...

  7. Dainik Jagran - Wikipedia

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    Dainik Jagran was established in Jhansi, [10] a district town in United Provinces (later renamed Uttar Pradesh), [11] by Puranchand Gupta and first published in 1942. Prior to this, Gupta had worked as the managing editor of a local magazine since 1939 and would frequently visit Bombay to secure advertisements to publish in the magazine, which gave him the required connections and confidence ...

  8. Khandava Forest - Wikipedia

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    There was no other thing that would have satisfied his hunger. The Mahabharata states that Indra was the protecting deity of Khandava forest, which is why the region was known as Indraprastha. [4] But each time he started a fire there, Indra made it rain and the fire was doused.

  9. News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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    News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand is a Hindi-language 24/7 social television channel, owned by Network18 Group. The channel is a free-to-air and was launched on 27 January 2002. On 16 March 2018 ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand was re-branded News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand.