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Plant Theft Is Often Overlooked As Parks Become Easy Target For Crime
More than 180 plants were stolen from a well-loved public park in Nottingham called Arboretum in May 2025.
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New Malayalam OTT Releases: Bougainvillea, Her, Secret, Kishkindha Kaandam, and More
A variety of Malayalam films and series has recently debuted on leading OTT platforms, offering viewers a mix of thrilling narratives, heartfelt dramas and socially relevant themes. Titles like Bougainvillea, a psychological thriller adapted from Lajo Jose’s novel and Her, a moving story of five women’s resilience, have caught the audience’s ...
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Climate Protection Not A Crime: Greta Thunberg After Detention In Germany
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.
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Couple In Brazil Slammed For Turning A Waterfall Blue For Gender-Reveal Party
Many social media users are calling for the couple to be charged with environmental crime.
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Overturned New York Headstones Not Vandalism: Police
Tombstones overturned in a Jewish cemetery in New York were the result of environmental damage and not vandalism, police said Sunday, amid a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States.
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Thousands Arrested Suspected of Environmental Crimes, Says China
Chinese police arrested thousands of people suspected of environmental crimes last year, a minister told parliament today, as the world's most populous country vows to get serious on protecting the environment.
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CBI Registers Case Against Former Bureaucrat for Allegedly Taking $1 Million Bribe
After a year-long investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against JS Maini, a former secretary of chemicals and fertilizer ministry, for allegedly accepting a bribe of $1 million.
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Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking
International police organisation Interpol announced on Tuesday it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.
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Wal-Mart to pay more than Rs 610 crore for mishandling of hazardous wastes
US retail giant Wal-Mart has pleaded guilty to charges of environmental crimes, including mishandling of hazardous waste and pesticides, and agreed to pay a total of 110 million dollars (around Rs 617 crore) to settle the cases.
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Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures.
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Plant Theft Is Often Overlooked As Parks Become Easy Target For Crime
More than 180 plants were stolen from a well-loved public park in Nottingham called Arboretum in May 2025.
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New Malayalam OTT Releases: Bougainvillea, Her, Secret, Kishkindha Kaandam, and More
A variety of Malayalam films and series has recently debuted on leading OTT platforms, offering viewers a mix of thrilling narratives, heartfelt dramas and socially relevant themes. Titles like Bougainvillea, a psychological thriller adapted from Lajo Jose’s novel and Her, a moving story of five women’s resilience, have caught the audience’s ...
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Climate Protection Not A Crime: Greta Thunberg After Detention In Germany
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.
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Couple In Brazil Slammed For Turning A Waterfall Blue For Gender-Reveal Party
Many social media users are calling for the couple to be charged with environmental crime.
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Overturned New York Headstones Not Vandalism: Police
Tombstones overturned in a Jewish cemetery in New York were the result of environmental damage and not vandalism, police said Sunday, amid a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States.
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Thousands Arrested Suspected of Environmental Crimes, Says China
Chinese police arrested thousands of people suspected of environmental crimes last year, a minister told parliament today, as the world's most populous country vows to get serious on protecting the environment.
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CBI Registers Case Against Former Bureaucrat for Allegedly Taking $1 Million Bribe
After a year-long investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against JS Maini, a former secretary of chemicals and fertilizer ministry, for allegedly accepting a bribe of $1 million.
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Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking
International police organisation Interpol announced on Tuesday it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.
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Wal-Mart to pay more than Rs 610 crore for mishandling of hazardous wastes
US retail giant Wal-Mart has pleaded guilty to charges of environmental crimes, including mishandling of hazardous waste and pesticides, and agreed to pay a total of 110 million dollars (around Rs 617 crore) to settle the cases.
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Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures.
