Ancient India's land ethic—reflected in Kautilya’s Arthashastra—balanced military, economic, and religious priorities to preserve vast elephant habitats, a legacy lost in China’s agrarian surge.
Kerala often looks up to Scandinavian countries as model welfare states but ignores the fact that, in countries like Norway and Sweden, wildlife is treated as a renewable resource.
In Madhya Pradesh, where elephant population is rising, peaceful co-existence is a challenge. Programmes are also being started to guide villagers on what to do during elephant encounters.
HC’s guidelines on parading elephants in festivals faced resistance from temple trusts citing tradition. SC struck them down, but activists call for balancing tradition with compassion.
Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.
Born in Shillong, Parbati lived in North Bengal for 20 years, chasing elephants away from human settlements. Armed with a shotgun, she saved Asian elephants battling survival.
The Supreme Court in its order in 2018 outlawed the use of fireballs or burning spears to drive away elephants. The apex court also recommended that flaming torches be used sparingly.
The ‘Great Elephant Migration’ aims to spread awareness about human-animal interaction through elephant sculptures made by indigenous communities from South India.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
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The Chinese must stop eating all animals. They have driven countless animals and species to extinction simply because of this bizarre addiction. Every animal is not food.
How do you say there are no elephants in China? What about that herd of elephants which walked across China a few years ago, and captivated the world?
The Chinese must stop eating all animals. They have driven countless animals and species to extinction simply because of this bizarre addiction. Every animal is not food.
Not really. The Chinese ate their elephants. Hence, none are left.