Universal Primer technology is used to crack wildlife crime cases, from ivory trafficking in Odisha to illegal bushmeat transport in MP. It all started with Salman Khan blackbuck poaching case.
Ancient India's land ethic—reflected in Kautilya’s Arthashastra—balanced military, economic, and religious priorities to preserve vast elephant habitats, a legacy lost in China’s agrarian surge.
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.
The third edition of UN World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 finds worrying rise in illegal wildlife trade. Rhino horns, pangolin scales, and elephant ivory lead the illegal wildlife market.
International Big Cat Alliance was announced by Modi in 2023 as a ‘multi-country, multi-agency coalition’ for the conservation of 7 big cats, 5 of which are found in India.
Allegations against Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park director Rajkumar Jadhav connected to investigation against Pune-based NGO tasked with managing rescue centre at zoo.
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.
Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife also approved several projects in protected areas and eco-sensitive zones, including border outposts & Ayurveda Institute.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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