Clean energy, costly future: Rajasthan's forest communities fight to save ancestral landThe project requires felling over a lakh trees, leading to potential loss of income, food, and cultural identity for villagers.
12 May, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
Cheetahs Prabhash and Pavak get new home in MP's Gandhi Sagar SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav relocated two South African cheetahs, Prabhash and Pavak, to Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary from Kuno Nat...
20 Apr, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
After sudden cheetah deaths in Kuno in 2023, Centre had turned to Reliance's wildlife facility for helpFollowing the deaths of three cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, the National Tiger Conservation Authority enlisted experts f...
07 Sep, 2024, 07.03 PM IST
India prepares first comprehensive list of faunaIndia, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is at the forefront of global biodiversity conservation efforts, as showcased ...
30 Jun, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
Project Cheetah in India completes one year with highs and lowsIndia's ambitious project Cheetah on Sunday completed one year after the first batch of eight Namibian cheetahs was released in Madhya Prad...
18 Sep, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Cheetahs developing thick coats in anticipation of African winter leading to fatal infections in Indian conditions: ExpertsExperts involved in India's Project Cheetah believe that the six adult cheetahs and three cubs that have died since March this year may hav...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.20 AM IST
Radio collars of 6 cheetahs at KNP removed for health examination: Forest officialsRadio collars of six cheetahs have been removed by veterinarians and experts from Namibia and South Africa at the Kuno National Park in Mad...
24 Jul, 2023, 01.24 PM IST
NTCA statement on cheetah deaths 'political', mocks conservation science, says Jairam RameshFormer Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has criticized the National Tiger Conservation Authority's statement, which claimed the che...
17 Jul, 2023, 04.55 PM IST
View: Reintroduction of the cheetah plan is ill-advisedIndia's plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the wild has been criticised by wildlife experts who argue that there never was a cheetah populatio...
16 Jun, 2023, 10.47 PM IST
India's cheetah project progressing well beyond initial projections: Namibia's Cheetah Conservation FundPrime Minister Narendra Modi released the first batch of eight spotted felines from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno in Madhya P...
05 Jun, 2023, 10.09 PM IST
India's cheetah reintroduction plan ignored spatial ecology, scientists sayThe reintroduction of African cheetahs to India without considering their spatial ecology could lead to conflicts with local villagers, acc...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
AK-203 rifles in manufacturing, testing stage: Govt on Korwa plantBhatt said indigenisation of AK-203 rifles will lead to self sufficiency in respect of assault rifles for Indian defence forces. The indige...
13 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Infighting and infrastructure glitches at Kuno National Park ahead of Cheetahs' shiftExperts are of the opinion that no release date should be discussed until all points of contention have been sorted out for good of cheetah...
08 Oct, 2022, 07.50 PM IST
Introduction of wild cheetahs to Indian reserves involves risks and opportunities: Top South African expertA majority of the world's 7,000 cheetahs live in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Namibia has the world's largest population of cheetahs...
07 Aug, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
Introduction of wild cheetahs to Indian reserves involves risks and opportunities, says S. African expertLast month, India and Namibia signed a pact for the reintroduction of cheetahs, declared extinct in the country in 1952. According to offic...
07 Aug, 2022, 01.47 PM IST
70 years after extinction in India, 1st batch of cheetahs set to arrive in AugustApart from its fantastic speed - which I have seen only on film and observed it in a couple of zoos - I had not been much enamoured of the ...
29 Jul, 2022, 11.08 PM IST
- SC orders Gujarat to give lions to Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat will lose its status as the world's only home for wild Asiatic lions. Supreme Court on Monday ordered that some of the lions should...
16 Apr, 2013, 06.28 AM IST