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TopicProject Cheetah

Topic: Project Cheetah

Kuno director summoned after RTIs on Project Cheetah denied citing ‘threat to India’

In his complaint to the MP State Information Commission, Ajay Dubey said the MP Forest Department had denied, delayed or provided partial answers to four of his RTI requests regarding Project Cheetah details.

Indian-born cheetah dies in Kuno National Park. Toll rises to 5 in 2026

KGP11 was found injured in Morena district at the periphery of the Kuno National Park, and was undergoing intensive care when she succumbed to her injuries.

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.

Operation Cheetah is like the return of the Kohinoor: The man behind the project

In ‘Bringing the Cheetah Back to India’, Prashant Agrawal narrates the human drama behind Project Cheetah.

3 Kuno’s cheetahs will now be sent to Gujarat. They’re part of the Botswana batch

The Gujarat forest department along with the National Tiger Conservation Authority has been working to develop Banni as a fit habitat for the cheetahs.

4 cheetah cubs found dead in Kuno National Park, bodies partially eaten

The incident comes a day after Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav visited Kuno National Park to release two female cheetahs from Botswana into the wild.

What’s the status of Project Cheetah? Two of the Botswana cheetahs released in Kuno

As the government plans to expand Project Cheetah to other parts of the country, let's take a look at how the translocation project has fared since its launch in September 2022.

Kuno hits another milestone—Indian-born cheetah gives birth to first wild litter of four cubs

The birth of four new cubs takes the total toll of cheetahs in Kuno to 57, with 37 Indian-born cubs. The new litter marks the second generation of Indian-born cheetahs.

India’s cheetah count crosses 50. Jwala gives birth to 5 cubs at Kuno

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that the birth of the Indian litter marked a significant moment for India's Project Cheetah.

9 cheetahs from Botswana land in MP’s Kuno National Park—tally stands at 48

The big cats flew on an Indian Air Force aircraft for about nine to ten hours to reach Gwalior on Saturday morning.

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Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.