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Topic: Cheetah

Nikon camera with Canon cover? Modi taking pictures of cheetahs with lens cap on is morphed

The PM’s picture was taken when he was at Kuno, where he released eight cheetahs. While opposition leaders had widely shared the morphed photo, TMC’s Jawhar Sircar removed it later.

‘Rewilding difficult on animals’ — Challenges of sustaining cheetahs begin at Kuno

Forest staff, specialists will be on lookout for illness and whether or not cheetahs approach food. The wild cats have to adapt to new environment & learn ways of their new prey.

Kuno National Park has space and prey base to house 20-25 cheetahs, says forest officer

The officer expressed confidence in the success of the translocation plan, stating that Madhya Pradesh has perfected the art of wildlife conservation and revival of animal species.

70 years after they went extinct, cheetahs return to India in world’s largest conservation trial

Eight cheetahs from Namibia were meticulously chosen for pilot project. They will be kept in isolation and in enclosures before being allowed to roam free in Kuno National Park.

Cheetah release ‘tamasha’ orchestrated by PM a diversion from national issues, alleges Congress

Cong general secretary Jairam Ramesh levelled allegations hours after 8 cheetahs were brought to Gwalior from Namibia in a special plane as part of cheetah reintroduction programme.

8 cheetahs from Namibia land in India in customised B747 jet, will be released in Kuno National Park

PM Narendra Modi will release the African cheetahs in the wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh on his birthday on 17 September. These cheetahs went extinct in India in the 1950s.

8 African cheetahs to revive India’s extinct species will be quarantined first, then see the wild

The cheetahs will be introduced into a quarantining space in the Kuno National Park by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 September.

IAF operation underway to rescue Italian mountaineer stranded on Mount Nun in Ladakh

The IAF deployed its ‘Cheetah’ helicopter to rescue mountaineer Federico Nicoli. Mount Nun is the second highest peak in the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh.

How the cheetah, hunting ally of Mughals & ‘vermin’ for British Raj, went extinct in India

Union government plans to revive the cheetah population in the country by importing the animal from Namibia & South Africa 'on an experimental basis'.

India and Namibia sign MoU to bring cheetahs to India, 70 years after they went extinct

MoU signed between Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Namibia Deputy PM & Foreign Minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah. Activists decry ‘vanity project’.

On Camera

Rural Punjab is a time capsule. Its new story is the old one: declining economy, rising religiosity, bad politics

Radicalism is back in Punjab, especially in zones where Sikhs form a large rural majority, and three of the five prominent political forces in this election are playing with it.

Ahead of election results, new govt data shows India’s GDP surged 8.2% in 2023-24

Strong 2023-24 growth was bolstered by 7.8% growth in last quarter of FY24. Govt had estimated 7.6-8% growth for the year.

Meet the Chinese Army’s newest recruit — a gun-toting ‘robo-dog’ with an automatic rifle on its back

The mechanical canine, showcased at the annual 15-day Golden Dragon 2024 exercise, can move forward and backward, jump, and lie down like real canines.

Modi interviews, gaffe-free Rahul, Amit Shah’s rise — 10 hot takes from 44-day elections

2024 was a one-candidate election. Modi was the only candidate for whom BJP sought votes, and he was the only opponent most of its rivals wanted defeated.