While there was 'no concrete sighting' of 14 tigers for over a year, 11 not seen for less than a year. Three-member panel given two months to submit its findings.
SC indicted ex-Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat & a DFO for diverting forest land for non-forest use, felling over 6,000 trees in buffer zone of Corbett National Park.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has informed the SC that the Rajasthan reserve is facing issues such as tiger deaths, feral cattle, staff shortage, and low prey density.
National Tiger Conservation Authority raises concerns about order impacting infra projects & welfare activities, defends construction of zoo/tiger safari in Corbett Tiger Reserve's buffer zone.
Three females, two males will join three others which are out in KNP. Once monsoon ends in September, situation will be reassessed for release of another 10 in Kuno or Gandhisagar.
Junior forest minister Ashwini Choubey gave these details in Lok Sabha in response to queries of three MPs. NTCA official says it’s normal for mortality rates to vary from year to year.
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Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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