Tiger Deaths Decline By 29 Percent

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.......

Naxal areas not likely to have special tiger force

Tiger reserves in Naxalite-hit areas may be exempted from deployment of special armed forces, meant for the protection of the big cats in the country. The decision is being taken in view of threats......

India won't fence cheetah habitats: Govt panel chief

India does not want fenced habitats for cheetahs like the ones in South Africa and Namibia as it is against the basic tenets of wildlife conservation, the head of the Centre's high-level committee......

Did MP ignore PM's recommendation on protecting tigers?

Two years before the Supreme Court clamped on tourism inside the core areas of tiger reserves, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had written a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh......

Enough is enough: Nothing will change

So everyone said 'enough is enough'. First, they said it to the politicians. They said it in the media, and then to the media. Then they stopped saying it, and life is back to normal, or what......

China lets yuan fall again, Asia might see more pain

China's move to devalue its currency has exposed the fragility of its economy and the risk of knock-on effects to the region, say Abheek Barua and Bidisha Ganguly. People look at the......

Is 9 per cent growth feasible?

The government has opted for a 9 per cent growth path for the Eleventh Plan. The Approach Paper even speaks about reaching a 10 per cent level by the end of the Plan. Some of this optimism rests on......

Revive industrial employment or repent

Perhaps the greatest success of China's extraordinary economic resurgence has been the transformation of a poor, largely rural economy into a semi-industrialised, middle-income country with 40 per......

Contracts ready for Indian cricketers

If Anil Kumble gets injured ever again, he will be paid for up to 18 months the amount he would have earned if fit, and not zilch as was the case when he was out of international cricket following......