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Sameera Reddy Shares A Slice Of Her "Simple Life" In Goa With This Coconut Kheer Recipe
Sameera Reddy recently shared a recipe for wholesome coconut sabudana kheer. In the video, her son is seen helping her cook it at their house in Goa.
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Is Coconut A Tree Or Not, Plea In Panaji Bench Of Bombay High Court
A month after the Goa government de-recognised the coconut palm as a tree, the battle over the official nomenclature of the tropical tree, often synonymous with Goa's picturesque landscapes, will now be fought in court.
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Coconut Tree Not Declassified, Goa Government Tells Assembly
Goa Forest Minister Rajendra Arlekar today informed the Legislative Assembly that government has not 'declassified' coconut tree but only allowed those in ruinous state to be felled.
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Opposition Slams Goa Governor's Assent To Coconut Law Amendment
The Opposition today collectively condemned Goa Governor Mridula Sinha's decision to grant assent to the controversial amendment to the state tree Act that de-recognises the coconut palm as a tree.
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Goa's New Coconut Law To Facilitate Setting Up Of Distillery: Digvijaya Singh
A legislative change in Goa that takes away the tree status of the coconut has been brought about to favour a liquor distillery, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said on Friday.
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Goa Amendment On Coconut Tree Wrong, Legally Untenable: Panel
A Parliamentary panel on Saturday termed as "wrong" the Goa government's decision to classify coconut as 'palm' instead of 'tree' and sought Centre's intervention in the matter even as it observed that the amendment to this effect won't stand legal scrutiny.
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Opinion: Wendell Rodricks On Goa's Coconut Tree Controversy
We cannot have a Goa without our beloved coconut trees swaying on our beaches and rivers, lining roads and fields, beautifying our groves and orchards, and above all, flavouring and enriching our famed Goan Curry rice.
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Goa Chief Minister Defends Removing Ban On Felling Coconut Trees
With the opposition and environmentalists opposing the Goa government's removal of protection given to the coconut tree under the law, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar has defended the change in laws as a pro-farmer and pro-people move.
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Goa's Humble Coconut Tree Strikes A Controversy
The coconut tree is no more a tree, says a song that protests against the Goa government's recent decision to remove the palm from a list that protects trees from being felled without permission.
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Bill To Classify Coconut As 'Palm' Tabled In Goa Assembly
Amid several protests, the government has tabled an amendment to Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act in the state Assembly session, which will classify coconut as a palm and not a tree.
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Inclusion Of Coconut As 'Tree' In Act Was An Error: Minister
Goa government today defended its decision to delete coconut tree from the purview of 'tree' and classify it as 'palm' under Goa Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984, saying classifying it as tree in the past was an error.
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Goa's coconut trees to be insured
Nearly 100,000 coconut palms in the coastal state of Goa are now set to be insured in an unprecedented exercise, complete with a physical examination of their girth.
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Sameera Reddy Shares A Slice Of Her "Simple Life" In Goa With This Coconut Kheer Recipe
Sameera Reddy recently shared a recipe for wholesome coconut sabudana kheer. In the video, her son is seen helping her cook it at their house in Goa.
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Is Coconut A Tree Or Not, Plea In Panaji Bench Of Bombay High Court
A month after the Goa government de-recognised the coconut palm as a tree, the battle over the official nomenclature of the tropical tree, often synonymous with Goa's picturesque landscapes, will now be fought in court.
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Coconut Tree Not Declassified, Goa Government Tells Assembly
Goa Forest Minister Rajendra Arlekar today informed the Legislative Assembly that government has not 'declassified' coconut tree but only allowed those in ruinous state to be felled.
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Opposition Slams Goa Governor's Assent To Coconut Law Amendment
The Opposition today collectively condemned Goa Governor Mridula Sinha's decision to grant assent to the controversial amendment to the state tree Act that de-recognises the coconut palm as a tree.
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Goa's New Coconut Law To Facilitate Setting Up Of Distillery: Digvijaya Singh
A legislative change in Goa that takes away the tree status of the coconut has been brought about to favour a liquor distillery, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said on Friday.
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Goa Amendment On Coconut Tree Wrong, Legally Untenable: Panel
A Parliamentary panel on Saturday termed as "wrong" the Goa government's decision to classify coconut as 'palm' instead of 'tree' and sought Centre's intervention in the matter even as it observed that the amendment to this effect won't stand legal scrutiny.
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Opinion: Wendell Rodricks On Goa's Coconut Tree Controversy
We cannot have a Goa without our beloved coconut trees swaying on our beaches and rivers, lining roads and fields, beautifying our groves and orchards, and above all, flavouring and enriching our famed Goan Curry rice.
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Goa Chief Minister Defends Removing Ban On Felling Coconut Trees
With the opposition and environmentalists opposing the Goa government's removal of protection given to the coconut tree under the law, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar has defended the change in laws as a pro-farmer and pro-people move.
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Goa's Humble Coconut Tree Strikes A Controversy
The coconut tree is no more a tree, says a song that protests against the Goa government's recent decision to remove the palm from a list that protects trees from being felled without permission.
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Bill To Classify Coconut As 'Palm' Tabled In Goa Assembly
Amid several protests, the government has tabled an amendment to Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act in the state Assembly session, which will classify coconut as a palm and not a tree.
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Inclusion Of Coconut As 'Tree' In Act Was An Error: Minister
Goa government today defended its decision to delete coconut tree from the purview of 'tree' and classify it as 'palm' under Goa Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984, saying classifying it as tree in the past was an error.
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Goa's coconut trees to be insured
Nearly 100,000 coconut palms in the coastal state of Goa are now set to be insured in an unprecedented exercise, complete with a physical examination of their girth.
