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TopicCheetah

Topic: Cheetah

Cheetahs won’t be sent into wild unless prey base is sufficient; action plan inadequate, says panel

Not to released from larger enclosure into wild unless prey populations are at appropriate level of 35 animals per sq km & ideally to 50 per sq km, says steering committee.

India may import cheetahs from northern Africa after those in Kuno grow winter coats in summer

Officials said that cheetahs in northern and northeastern Africa, which are in the northern hemisphere, might be better suited to Indian conditions.

1 yr of Project Cheetah: 14 big cats imported to India set for release into wild, newborn under care

Project has seen 6 cheetahs die of 20 translocated from Africa. Animals were initially released into the wild of MP's Kuno national park but later quarantined after 3 died of septicemia.

One more cheetah dies in Kuno National Park, 9th death since March

Officials have said that a postmortem was being carried out to ascertain the cause of death of female African cheetah 'Dhatri' (Tiblisi).

Male African cheetah dies in Kuno National Park, toll jumps to 8

Chief forest conservator says frequent deaths are normal in translocation projects, adding the government would ensure no more deaths take place.

3rd African cheetah dies in Kuno, of injuries from ‘violent mating’

20 cheetahs have been introduced in the Madhya Pradesh national park since September 2022 – eight from Namibia and 12 from South Africa.

Project Cheetah: Five more to be released into the wild at Kuno National Park before monsoon

Three females, two males will join three others which are out in KNP. Once monsoon ends in September, situation will be reassessed for release of another 10 in Kuno or Gandhisagar.

‘Risky to keep all cheetahs in one place,’ says wildlife chief after 2nd African cat dies

India’s cheetah translocation project is the biggest conservation experiment of its kind, and its progress is being watched closely by experts from across the world.

Days after cheetah Sasha dies in Kuno National Park, another cheetah gives birth to 4 cubs

Union Minister for Environment Bhupendra Yadav tweeted the news along with pictures of the cubs, congratulating the team of Project Cheetah.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.