As one of the two tigers enlisted to repopulate Sariska with tigers after poaching caused their extinction there, ST-2 became the face of India’s fight to save its tigers. She died Tuesday.
Researchers from National University of Singapore & Princeton assessed 45 tiger reserves in India to find avoided emissions translate into ecosystem services worth around $92 mn.
Earlier Sunday, PM Modi visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve where he interacted with frontline field staff involved in conservation efforts, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'.
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.
Barely two months into 2023, India has lost 37 tigers. On 26 February, the deaths of three tigers in Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttarakhand were recorded by the NTCA.
The area of the tiger reserve in Erode, which houses 80 tigers, is contiguous with the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Bandipur Tiger Reserve and BR Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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