Amazon Fire
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Labour board says Amazon illegally fired outspoken workers
World | April 06, 2021 9:25 ISTThe National Labour Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year.
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Amazon rainforest continues to burn; motorists crash due to thick smoke in vicinity
World | August 19, 2020 8:17 ISTThis year, President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning — typically started by local farmers to clear land for cattle or to grow soybeans, one of Brazil’s top exports. He imposed a four-month ban on most fires and sent in the army to prevent and battle blazes.
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Big increase recorded in Amazon fires
World | August 02, 2020 17:25 ISTOfficial figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year, it was reported on Sunday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio blamed for Amazon fires by Brazil President
Hollywood | November 30, 2019 16:24 ISTBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has blamed Hollywood's Oscar-winning superstar Leonardo DiCaprio for the devastating forest fires in the Amazon.
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Fires continue to rage in Brazil's Amazon
News | September 11, 2019 16:06 ISTFires continued raging in several parts of Brazil's Pará State and Mato Grosso state, including the Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park, areas bordering the Amazon. Burning continues in the Amazon despite a 60-day ban on land-clearing fires
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Amazon fire: 7 nations sign forest protection pact
World | September 07, 2019 9:36 ISTBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring, the BBC reported on Friday.
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Respiratory ailments hit in Amazon as Brazil spurns G-7 aid
World | August 28, 2019 6:50 ISTAcrimony between Brazil and European countries seeking to help fight Amazon fires deepened on Tuesday, jeopardizing hopes of global unity over how to protect a region seen as vital to the health of the planet.
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Amazon fire rages, Brazilian firefighters toil in region hazy with smoke
World | August 27, 2019 17:47 ISTEquipped with hoses connected to rubber backpacks, Brazilian firefighters in the Amazon on Monday raced in a truck along dirt roads toward plumes of smoke after a spotter in a military helicopter directed them to a fast-spreading fire.
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Explained | The causes and risks of the Amazon fires
Fyi | August 25, 2019 22:03 ISTFires have been breaking out at an unusual pace in Brazil this year, causing global alarm over deforestation in the Amazon region. The world’s largest rainforest is often called the “lungs of the earth.” Here’s a look at what’s happening:
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The Amazon is burning: 4 things that explain why it’s a man-made disaster
Fyi | August 28, 2019 15:39 ISTBrazil has long struggled to preserve the Amazon, sometimes called the “lungs of the world” because it produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. Despite the increasingly strict environmental protections of recent decades, about a quarter of this massive rainforest is already gone – an area the size of Texas.
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Review: Amazon Fire modified Google Android, offers 'new ways' to use smartphones
February 25, 2015 11:05 ISTNew Delhi: What I find fascinating about Amazon's Fire smartphone isn't the gizmos such as the 3-D imagery or the camera scanner that helps you get more information about products.Rather, I like that Amazon is
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