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TopicForest department

Topic: Forest department

TN govt looks to revive trekking routes with ‘Atlas’, a one-stop window to book, explore treks

Chennai: A detailed profile of 119 trek routes in the state, professionally trained locals to handle tourists, and a regulated trail that will ensure...

ED arrests former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in forest scam case

ED probe stems from case filed by Punjab Vigilance Bureau against multiple irregularities in forest department, arrest comes two months after raids on 14 locations.

Forest department deploys drones to locate elusive leopard in Delhi’s Neb Sarai

The leopard was spotted near a farmhouse in the Neb Sarai area on the border of Delhi and Haryana Friday. It has not been seen since then.

Not just laddus at Tirumala, devotees walking to shrine get lathis to scare off wild animals

10,000 lathis procured for pilgrims who walk to shrine. This is after increasing leopard sightings & two attacks on children on 11 km footpath passing through hilly, jungle terrain.

‘Missing wildlife, animals not released in habitat’: NGO that ran Pune zoo rescue centre under govt lens

Panel examining wildlife warden Paranjpe's report on 'mismanagement' likely to submit findings this week. Indian Herpetological Society, which managed now-closed centre, denies wrongdoing.

Protecting wildlife, curbing plastic use — IAS officer on a quest to make Tamil Nadu cleaner, greener

Addt'l chief secretary, environment climate change & forests, Supriya Sahu has introduced cloth bag ATMs in the state & initiatives to curb illegal poaching & smuggling.

At least 5 elephants died of electrocution in Tamil Nadu in 20 days. Govt to crack down on ‘illegal fences’

According to govt data, there have been 29 tusker deaths since 2019 in TN alone. Madras HC has summoned chief wildlife warden to explain electrocution deaths of 4 elephants in Dharmapuri.

India’s oldest Royal Bengal tiger in captivity leaves a legacy of fight, might and survival

While Raja’s tale of survival was 'marvelous', it stressed the role of the forest department in protecting the animals in their natural habitat.

Shot, stabbed, mauled, killed — it’s all in a day’s work for MP’s unarmed forest staff

Madhya Pradesh forest dept says arming forest guards will allow them to defend themselves against poachers. But granting the power to bear and use arms isn't as simple.

In MP’s Guna, forest guards want power to use guns after poachers kill 3 cops

In early hours of 13 May, three police personnel — Neeraj Bhargava, Rajkumar Jatav and Santram Meena — were killed after they confronted suspected poachers in MP's Aaron tehsil.

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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.