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.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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