Vietnam PM, PM Modi inaugurate Army Software Park in VietnamVarious delegates from both sides signed several Memorandums of Understanding, aimed at strengthening the bilateral ties between both the c...
01 Aug, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
From India to the US, extreme heat is stressing cows and imperiling global dairy supplyIn the US alone, some scientists estimate climate change will cost the dairy industry $2.2 billion per year by the end of the century — a f...
02 Nov, 2022, 09.42 AM IST
India testing a new way to deal with stray cattle: Eliminate male bovine before conceptionThis is likely to solve one of the key problems in rural India ahead of a key elections — stray cattle.
09 Feb, 2019, 11.15 PM IST
Rajasthan govt to felicitate those adopting stray cowsThe order also mentions that whoever wants to adopt cows can deposit the amount decided by the local cow shelter and can visit the cows any...
14 Jan, 2019, 01.21 PM IST
In Swachh drive, Centre tells cities to take cattle to sheds, set up biogas units10 plants in each city suggested; 71.68 lakh cattle estimated in urban areas.
31 Dec, 2016, 12.30 AM IST
- Nine new 'desi' breeds added to India's indigenous livestock list
India has identified and registered nine new indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry this year, taking the list of ‘desi’ breeds in the ...
23 Aug, 2016, 10.33 PM IST
Holy cow urine industry gets boost from Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu agendaIn cow-worshiping India, the increased protection and reverence given to the cows have become a source of inter-faith conflict, given its c...
18 Jul, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Agasthiarmalai Reserve gets Unesco honourAgasthiarmalai Biosphere Reserve is among the seven reserves, such as Beaver Hills in Canada and Balmbangan in Indonesia, added in the Unes...
28 Mar, 2016, 04.36 PM IST
- A sanctuary where inmates treated as 'angels'
Here is a sanctuary with a difference! Unlike those created to conserve wild species, Animal Aid is a vital rescue centre, hospital and san...
12 Mar, 2016, 05.41 AM IST
Meet India’s first cow minister Otaram Devasi who likes to address himself as “Gaupalan Mantri”Otaram Devasi, 48, happens to be the Rajasthan’s minister in charge of cow affairs. As for himself, India’s first-ever minister for the ‘di...
09 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Mission Camel: Vasundhara Raje for saving the 'ship of the desert', bans slaughterAccording to a senior official, the unreleased figure for the last survey stands at 3.26 lakh, which will be the lowest number in official ...
10 Jul, 2014, 04.40 AM IST
Rajasthan government to set up a separate department for protection of cowsThere are the Cow Conservation Directorate, Animal Husbandry Directorate and the Rajasthan Livestock Development Board, each with specific ...
11 Feb, 2014, 08.49 AM IST
Despite four agencies on bovine welfare, Rajasthan to set up cow ministry soonRajasthan’s animal husbandry department’s officials are hard at work to set up India’s first ministry for cows.
08 Feb, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
- 30 die in human-animal conflict in just 8 months
Tigers are getting too close for comfort: three human deaths in five days have once more brought the man-animal conflict into focus.
03 Dec, 2013, 07.21 AM IST
- Task force on dugong soon
The rare dugong, also known as the sea cow, is happily grazing underwater off the Gujarat coast, Tamil Nadu, and Andaman and Nicobar Island...
13 Aug, 2013, 02.59 AM IST
- Gangetic River Dolphin, Dugong are now high-priority for conservation
The Gangetic River Dolphin, Asian Elephant, Pangolin and Dugong (sea cow) are among some of the most endangered species from India that fea...
17 May, 2013, 08.38 PM IST
- Energy conservation in tea manufacturing stressed at Upasi
With the tea industry's fortune reviving once again, the Kolkata-based Tea Board has initiated methods to reduce manufacturing cost and the...
14 Sep, 2009, 04.58 PM IST