Wildlife meets warfare: Great Indian Bustard chicks named after military iconsThe Wildlife Institute of India has named five Great Indian Bustard chicks after key figures and elements of Operation Sindoor, a recent In...
Supreme Court probes Centre's response over Acme Solar's 1200 MW project & transmission line disputeThe Supreme Court has summoned the Centre over Acme Solar Holdings' plea for ratification of its 1200 MW solar projects and 400 kV overhead...
PGCIL puts on hold laying of overhead transmission lines in Rajasthan over SC rulingThese lines were to carry solar power from projects in Rajasthan totalling 8,100 MW and were made at a cost of around ?29,000 crore ($4 bil...
Birds of very different feather flock in green power hubWhen SoftBank was recently negotiating with Canadian pension fund CPPIB and UK private equity firm Actis to sell its Indian renewables port...
Power companies must consider underground laying of cables to avoid Great Indian Bustard deaths: GovernmentNoting that a miniscule population of less than 150 Great Indian Bustards was left in the country, a committee constituted on the direction...
To protect Great Indian Bustard, Environment Ministry to declare their habitats as conservation reservesDuring a meeting held by a committee under the ministry, constituted in pursuance to the directions of the National Green Tribunal, it was ...
Great Indian Bustard nearing extinction due to high voltage power lines: Environment ministryOnly 150 Great Indian Bustard are left, with the maximum number in Jaisalmer. They are dying at the rate of 15 per cent annually due to col...
In 1 year, Great Indian Bustard population falls from 44 to just 13 in RajasthanEdited Rachnasingh@timesgroup.This might sound like a clarion call.
In Gujarat, the Great Indian Bustard grounds air force’s flight plansThe Great Indian Bustard, has come in the way of Air Force’s flight path in Gujarat with the environment ministry holding back a proposal t...
Desert National Park in Rajasthan welcomes baby 'Godawan'A hatchling of the Great Indian Bustard (Godawan), a near-extinct species and the state bird of Rajasthan, was born at the Desert National ...
Efforts to save GIB will be made upto international level: Rajasthan govtChief Minister, Vasundhara Raje has said that her government was serious about saving the state bird Great Indian Butard (GIB) from extinct...
Green Bank to invest in projects in India, South AfricaThe pilot project will involve British Pound 200 mn of investments, it said, adding the proposal would be in addition to allocation of 3.8 ...
GIB conservation plan caught in red-tapismThe state bird conservation plan is caught up in bureaucratic red-tapism.
- Project launched to save Great Indian Bustards in Jaisalmer
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday morning launched 'Project Godawan' to save the Great Indian Bustards (GIB) from getting extinct at ...
- Action plan for conservation of Great Indian Bustard gets Rajasthan chief minister's nod
The state action plan to prevent the dwindling population of the state bird, Great Indian Bustard, has finally got the stamp of approval an...
Great Indian bustard poachers still at large despite being identifiedIronically, the incident comes at a time when the state forest department has been preparing an exhaustive plan for conservation of Great I...
Government urged to implement 'Project Bustard' to save grassland bird from extinctionExperts believe the bird has already disappeared from more than 90% of its former range and the remaining few are found in small population...