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More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homesThousands are evacuating in Southern California as a wildfire rages. The Sandy Fire is burning near Simi Valley, destroying homes. Firefigh...
West Bengal floods: 24 dead, dozens missing as landslides devastate Darjeeling hills; Mirik cut offNorth Bengal experienced a devastating deluge, claiming 24 lives and leaving dozens missing, with Mirik severely impacted by flash floods a...
Forgive 'em, Fathers, for they've sinnedThe article highlights how mythological fathers like Zeus, Odin, and Shiva forgave their sons despite their misdeeds. While Zeus overlooked...
Saving the wildlife is not just a conservation pointWith Parliament reconvening, the amended Forest Bill is up for approval. To save wildlife, we also need to rethink our economic and conserv...
Creating a buzz: Madhya Pradesh to raise honey bee armies to ward off marauding elephantsBeekeeping will be promoted in the villages of Sidhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria, Dindori and Mandla districts that have a signifi...
Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: Know the significance and celebrate by sending these WhatsApp messagesEvery year, Ganesh Chaturti is celebrated on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the Shukla Paksha (bright half of lunar month). This year, Ganes...
Elephant kills woman in Odisha, tramples her body at funeralAn elephant kills a woman and later vehemently tramples her corpse and subsequently her home.
Need a humane solution to this wild problemHuman-wildlife conflict isn’t new, but is on the rise in India. Cutting of forest for farming and industrial activities is bringing humans ...
Bandipur park safari counter to be moved outThe new safari point will come up at Melukammanahalli, a few hundred metres from the reserve’s checkpost, on the Gundlupet-Ooty highway.
Corridor for elephants: Search for sustainable solution to human-elephant conflictA town mourns the death of a pachyderm as clamour escalates for a sustainable, scientific solution to the human-elephant conflict in Tamil ...
A simple way to deter jumbosThe Gudrale tea estate valley in Munnar, which borders the Western Ghats, reports a high number of elephant infiltrations into non-forest a...
Conflict zones: Five places where people cross animals paths with disastrous resultsThe proposed freight corridor through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai poses a threat to wildlife.
Apeejay Tea and WWF-India tie up for joint management project to end human-elephant conflictAs per the plan, a matrix will be developed to calculate the quantum of loss that is usually borne by the tea estates on account of damage ...
- Elephant attacks in Chhattisgarh agitate tribals
Driven to desperation, a crowd of over 300 agitated local tribals protested and pelted stones at forest officer's residence when elephants ...
Kerala mulls burning ivory at its disposalKerala Wildlife department is mulling a proposal to set afire a huge pile of ivory at its disposal to pre-empt its passage into the hands o...
- Forest Advisory Committee recommends mining in the Saranda Forests
The Forest Advisory Committee in its February meeting, recommended the diversion of 242 hectares of forest land in the Jhillingburu forest ...
- Conflict with animals is man-made, say green activists
Development activities that encroach on elephant corridors and destroy forest area have perpetuated the man-animal conflict in Madukkarai, ...
- SAIL may not get nod to mine Chiria reserves in Jharkhand
A key environment ministry panel, the Forest Advisory Committee, has recommended that the public sector steel major SAIL not be allowed to ...
- 'Dear Ganesha, don't send rogue jumbos'
Elephants are on a collision course with people in the villages of Chhattisgarh.
- Wild elephants kill 4 in Bangladesh hills
A herd of wild elephants trampled to death four members of a family in remote southeastern hills prompting over 100 families in the area to...