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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicGreat indian bustard

Topic: great indian bustard

From 1,260 to 150 — why power transmission lines are ‘biggest threat’ to Great Indian Bustard

The large, critically endangered birds with poor eyesight prefer arid areas, where they barely survive the death trap of power lines. Authorities have eyes for energy goals.

Modify plan to protect Great Indian Bustard, it will work against climate goals, govt tells SC

Three ministries — Environment and Forest, New and Renewable Energy, and Power — have submitted a modification application with respect to an April 2021 SC order.

India’s green energy goals have a serious problem – the Great Indian Bustard

A WII survey covering 80 kms of power lines across Thar desert found 4 bustard deaths during a single year due to high-transmission wires, including some connected to wind turbines.

Aphrodisiac, meat & sport — why Arab royals hunt bustard in Pakistan & why India banned it

Hunting of Asian houbara bustard, a vulnerable species, is banned in Pakistan, but is used as something of a foreign policy instrument since Arab royals are allowed to do so.

Habitats of critically endangered Great Indian Bustard to be declared conservation reserves

According to a Wildlife Institute of India report, there are just 150 of the bird species left in India.

This egg hunt in Jaisalmer is no game. It’s a matter of life & death for a ‘great’ bird

The Great Indian Bustard, among the heaviest flying birds on the planet, is at least 30 times closer to extinction than the tiger.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Tejas Mk-1A carries out maiden flight but delivery to IAF delayed. Here’s why

According to contract for 73 Tejas Mk-1A and 10 trainer aircraft, inked on 1 February 2021, the first Tejas was to be delivered within three years of signing the deal — February 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.