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  2. Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 - Wikipedia

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    The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for the protection of plants and animal species. Before 1972, India had only five designated national parks. Among other reforms, the Act established scheduled protected plant and hunting certain animal species or harvesting these species was largely outlawed. [1]

  3. Gray slender loris - Wikipedia

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    Although considered near threatened on the IUCN Red List and classified under Schedule I (Part 1) of the Indian Wildlife Act, 1972, the threat to these primates is increasing. Loris is used to make love potions, treat leprosy and eye ailments. Some villagers keep lorises as pets, but because they are difficult to maintain there is high mortality.

  4. Canadian man arrested in India for allegedly trying to carry ...

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    "The skull belongs to a species protected under Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972," according to Delhi Customs. The Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 (WPA) ...

  5. List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC) - Wikipedia

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    The Schedule 1 list is one of three lists. Chemicals which are feasible to use as weapons, and their precursors, but which have legitimate applications as well are listed in Schedule 2 (small-scale applications) and Schedule 3 (large-scale applications). The use of Schedule 1, 2, or 3 chemicals as weapons is banned by the Convention.

  6. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  7. Namdapha flying squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The Namdapha flying squirrel is endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. [1] It inhabits tall Mesua ferrea jungles, often on hill slopes in the drainage basin area of Dihing River, particularly on the western slope of Patkai range in northeastern India. [3] [4] In April 2022, a putative Namdapha flying squirrel was recorded in Arunachal ...

  8. A ’72 Dolphins 50th anniversary special: Where are the 45 ...

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    THE 1972 MIAMI DOLPHINS ROSTER. NUMBER, NAME, POSITION: CURRENT STATUS, ‘72 HIGHLIGHT. 1. Garo Yepremian, kicker: Died in Pennsylvania in 2015, at age 70, after a bout with high grade ...

  9. List of United States post office murals - Wikipedia

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    So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals. [2] [6]: 63–64 "New Deal artwork" is a more accurate term to describe the works of art created under the federal art programs of that period. [7]