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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
TopicIndian Wildlife

Topic: Indian Wildlife

New book explores India’s extraordinary mammal diversity, from the Sunderbans to the Himalayas

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.

Govt says India’s wildlife crime numbers are down. Here’s why that is only half true

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 fines illegal off-roaders Rs 2 lakh. One of them was chasing Tibetan gazelle

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.

Kuno Cheetahs tranquilised 110 times in first two years of project, shows inspection report

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.

Should Karnataka elephants be kept in confinement camps? Everyone has a different view

With more than 6,000 elephants, Karnataka faces one of India’s toughest conservation challenges.

Leopards & snakes in Gurugram, Ghaziabad? Two NCR wildlife superheroes on speed dial

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.

Man versus wild in Kerala: 4 killed within 3 days, govt forms rapid response teams amid Oppn heat

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.

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

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.

New book places 3 big cats at center of climate crisis & what makes them ‘man-eaters’

Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.

Roofed turtles, iguanas, ball pythons as pets is bringing Indians false sense of glamour

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

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

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.

India needs guardrails around shadow loans, not bans

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.

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

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