Experts have raised objections over the clause allowing transfer or transport of a captive elephant for “religious or any purpose” by anybody having a valid certificate of ownership.
Ahead of Parliament’s winter session, animal rights group is pushing to include certain provisions in Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 to curb illegal trade of elephants.
Team from Oxford and Gauhati University says surge in trade between 2014 and 2019 is driven by increase in exports from West Bengal to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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.
Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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