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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
2 Red Panda cubs born at Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbuley, after seven years
INDIA-DOG-0600: This Himalayan breed dog now becomes India's fourth registered indigenous breedThe National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources has officially recognized the Himalayan Gaddi dog as a registered breed. This recognition w...
Forest fires in Uttarakhand threaten rare Himalayan fauna, say expertsAnnual forest fires in Uttarakhand cause extensive damage to precious forest resources, threatening rare Himalayan fauna like birds and but...
Indian dog breeds to take on police duties soonIndian dog breeds like Rampur hound, gaddi, and bakharwal may soon join the police force as sniffer dogs. These indigenous breeds will be t...
Three indigenous products from Arunachal Pradesh receive (GI) tagYak Churpi, Khamti rice, and Tangsa textile from Arunachal Pradesh have been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the GI Registr...
Army's best friend on the LoC in Kashmir: 'Gaddi' dogs!Named after the nomadic 'Gaddi' shepherds who rear them as guard dogs accompanying flocks of sheep and goats, this canine breed is a Himala...
Darjeeling gets snow leopard from UK, another from France soonDarjeeling zoo, left with eight female and a lone male snow leopard, has now got a male big cat from England while another from France will...
Darjeeling gets snow leopard from UK, another from France soonDarjeeling zoo runs a special conservation breeding programme for snow leopards, an endangered species whose survival is challenged by poac...
- Himalayan vulture sighted in Nilgiris
N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a H...
Newly discovered Himalayan bird named after Dr Salim AliA bird species, locally common in eastern Himalaya and overlooked till now, has been identified as a new species.
- In Pinjore, dwindling vultures get a cautious, fighting chance
A narrow road off the Chandigarh-Shimla highway leads to Jatayu Vulture Breeding Centre in Pinjore, Haryana.
- HP to launch conservation programme for Himalayan brown bear
As in the case of endangered snow leopards, there is no exact data available about the Himalayan brown bear whose numbers are believed to h...
- Banned painkiller behind death of 21 endangered vultures?
The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wil...
- Snow leopards in Kolkata en route to Hills
For a few hours on Saturday morning, Kolkata airport will pay host to two special and unusual guests.
- Rare rumped vultures spotted in Hamirpur
At a time when efforts are being made for conservation of endangered vultures by setting up breeding centres, spotting of nearly 100 vultur...
- Breeding programme fails to utilize funds
Having failed to timely utilize funds marked for conservation breeding of a rare bird, the Sarahan Pheasantry at a great cost in 17 years h...
- 200 vultures sighted near China border
At a time when 99% of India's four crore vultures have died in the last three decades, the sighting of around 200 bearded variety of the sp...
- 3 poisoned Himalayan vultures successfully treated
Three Himalayan vultures who had consumed poisoned carcasses have been successfully treated and released in the wild.
- Captive breeding to save endangered hangul
The statistics are grim. The Kashmir hangul, the only surviving sub-species of the red deer family, is slowly becoming extinct.