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Aksheev Thakur
Aksheev Thakur is a senior correspondent with the Bengaluru bureau of indianexpress.com. He covers Environment, Wildlife, Health, Defence and Civic beats. He holds more than six years of reporting experience in Karnataka. Aksheev holds a Bachelor's degree in BA Journalism from Bangalore University and PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. He started his career with Deccan Chronicle in 2017 and in 2020 joined The Hans India, as a reporter with the launch team of its Bengaluru edition. Years of experience: 6+ Qualification, Degrees: Bachelor's degree in journalism from Bangalore University and PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from Xavier Institute of Communications. You can follow him on X (Twitter) @aksheevthakur.
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The provision for formation of the SPV for design development and production of major defence equipment is aimed at enabling concurrent engineering and production in faster timelines.
Sat, Feb 26, 2022
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Last week, Bengaluru NavaNirmana Party (BNP) alleged that the BBMP has spent unreasonably on the development of parks in Jayanagar.
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
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Thu, Feb 24, 2022
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February 22, 2022 13:59 IST
Headed by former IAS M R Srinivasa Murthy, the committee has received suggestions from more than 300 people in the last one month.
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
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February 21, 2022 16:05 IST
The revenue department allowed the conversion of the forest land after villagers sought access to their farmlands.
Mon, Feb 21, 2022
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Lake activist Naveen S, who has planted hundreds of trees near the lake with the help of the forest department, accused the BBMP of neglecting the waterbody.
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Fri, Feb 18, 2022
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Wed, Feb 16, 2022
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The officials said that forest land has been repeatedly encroached upon owing to the ‘illegal’ grant of such land to private parties by the revenue department.
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
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Sun, Feb 13, 2022
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Thu, Feb 10, 2022
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Tue, Feb 08, 2022
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Tue, Feb 08, 2022
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Senior forest department officials said that while most of the applications by scheduled tribes (ST) have been settled, the problem lies with the other traditional forest dwellers (OTFD).
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
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February 02, 2022 20:30 IST
Dr Sidharth Kaul, the president of Wetlands International South Asia, said that conserving wetlands requires affirmative actions from the entire society.
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
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Tue, Feb 01, 2022
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