Published by HarperCollins India, Mammals of India by A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer will be released on 18 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.
At the national level, no single agency has the mandate, the legal authority, and the public accountability to tell India what wildlife crime actually looks like.
Ladakh government's spokesperson said that the accused drivers were ‘found violating provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act’. This is the first major crackdown by the Union Territory.
Wildlife experts from countries where the cheetahs have been brought in have also raised their concerns over frequent tranquilisation at MP's Kuno National Park.
At the edge of India’s rapidly growing cities, where the urban sprawl meets wilderness, Anil Gandas and Vineet Arora answer urgent calls to rescue wildlife caught in human chaos.
Attacks in the past week have raised concerns about growing animal populations in forests. Last February, Kerala had urged Centre to amend Wildlife Protection Act to address conflicts.
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.
Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.
By isolating exotic animals in an artificial environment, away from members of their own species, pet keepers are causing an unimaginable amount of mental traumao
Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.
RBI’s attempt to limit credit access through non-bank financiers could leave self-employed professionals and small business owners with fewer flexible credit options, says Andy Mukherjee.
This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.
Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman
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