2023 was the worst for the tiger population, recording the highest number of mortalities in a decade with 178 tigers dying. IMAGE: A tiger at the Assam state Zoo in Guwahati, July 21, 2024.......
India has been hailed for its 'unprecedented commitment' to save the endangered tiger by a prominent United States-based wildlife body. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation society also warned......
Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Monday said the state government will pay the hospitality bill of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had come to Mysuru in April last year to commemorate......
Currently, only one cheetah, named Pavan, is roaming free. IMAGE: A male cheetah, Pavan, is in the wild but very difficult to spot and capture. Photograph: ANI Photo African cheetahs brought to......
Thousands of tribals residing in the core zones of India's tiger reserves have launched protests against the government's directive to accelerate their relocation from these areas. A tiger seen......
"The number 1,411 should ring the alarm bells," is how Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram voiced his concern over the depleting number of tigers in the country as he announced a special grant to......
Conservation of the big cats continues to remain a priority for the government which has doubled the budgetary allocation for the Tiger Project to Rs 184 crore (Rs 1.84 billion) in 2009-10 from Rs......
The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and......
The proposed changes, as per the draft, could continue some of the existing conflict between wildlife protection regulations with the implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006, which gives rights......
One of the joys of writing a regular column is you get an opportunity to write outrageous headlines, like the one above. Of course, you can't simply be gratuitous - extravagant forecasts are only......
Even the nerdiest cannot escape the lure of showbiz. Kriti Sanon was studying to become an engineer until modelling and movies beckoned. Sans a famous surname or connections in the film industry,......