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Bihar CM launches Rs 203 crore projects, sets November deadline for Vikramshila Setu reopeningBihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary launched 84 development projects worth Rs 203 crore in Bhagalpur. He directed officials to speed up t...
"A ray of hope": PM Modi hails 'Namami Gange Abhiyan' initiative for saving trapped Gangetic dolphin in UP"India's first Ganga dolphin rescue ambulance played a huge role in this. Built under the 'Namami Gange Abhiyan', it reached there as a ray...
First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in IndiaIndia's first population estimation of riverine dolphins has revealed 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus River systems. Th...
India conducts first-ever riverine dolphin population estimation exerciseIndia has completed its first estimation of riverine dolphin populations across the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus river systems. Conducted ...
- Indus River Dolphin Survey shows sign of breeding population of endangered aquatic species in river Beas
- Dolphins’ rise in Ganga surprises environmentalists
Environmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga.
No Gangetic dolphin in RamgangaNot a single dolphin was found in Ramganga during the recent census of Gangetic dolphin conducted by forest department, WWF-India along wit...
1,263 dolphins sighted in Ganga & tributariesAs many as 1,263 dolphins have been sighted in 3,350 km stretch of Ganga and its tributaries in Uttar Pradesh starting from the barrage in ...
- Gangetic dolphins increase in Ganga and tributaries
The number of Gangetic dolphins has increased in Ganga and its tributaries. The dolphin census 2015 has counted 1,263 dolphins in the state.
- 52 Gangetic dolphin sightings reported
Around 52 sightings of Gangetic dolphins have been reported in the Ganga between 280km Hamirpur- Allahabad stretch by the state forest team...
UP government, WWF-India launch River Dolphin census in GangaUP and WWF-India today launched a census in 3,350 km stretch of Ganga and its tributaries to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the decla...
- Dolphins face threat in Ganga, Yamuna rivers
The natural habitat of Gangetic dolphins is recucing at an alarming rate, according to a study by the Worldwide Fund for Nature India.
Hope floats for Gangetic dolphinsState to conduct survey and awareness drives on endangered species
- 'Dolphin' man crusades to save national aquatic animal
Popularly known as 'Dolphin man', Patna University zoologist Prof R K Sinha has been waging a battle over the past three decades to save th...
- Gangetic dolphins flock Katarniaghat
Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, and is located near the Indo-Nepal border, in the Terai area of Bahr...
- Dolphin poaching goes unabated
Despite Gangetic dolphins being an endangered species, they are being killed at an alarming rate in Bihar.
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
- Dolphin hunting banned in Bihar
A couple of days after declaration of dolphin as "national aquatic animal", Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has directed the state author...
- Endangered dolphins made national aquatic animal
Alarmed over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins, the Manmohan Singh government on Monday declared dolphins as a national a...