Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
World Elephant Day 2025: Why these giants urgently need our help; Key facts, 20 powerful slogans, and the best places in India to see themWorld Elephant Day, observed annually on August 12th, highlights the critical role elephants play in ecosystems and human heritage. These k...
11 Aug, 2025, 10.24 PM IST
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...
19 Jul, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
The Elephant Whisperers: Couple central to the Oscar-winning documentary lauded by IndiGo captain and passengersAdditional Chief Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests from the government of Tamil Nadu, Supriya Sahu, shared a video of the coup...
25 Mar, 2023, 12.57 PM IST
India home to about 60 per cent of all Asian elephants: PM Modi on World Elephant DaySuccesses in the animal's conservation must be viewed in the context of the larger efforts underway in India to minimise human-animal confl...
12 Aug, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
Pernod Ricard India Foundation and WWF India aim to conserve Asian elephantThe project will work across 150 villages in Kamrup, Sonitpur, Biswanath, and Nagaon districts and train community members on effective sit...
13 Oct, 2020, 10.10 PM IST
India's elephant population stable: CensusAn elephant census released by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change on Saturday revealed an expansion in elephant ...
13 Aug, 2017, 04.16 AM IST
- India's first Elephant ambulance bringing Mia and Sita, the female jumbos rescued from Tamil Nadu circus,to Mathura.
The two female jumbos are currently traveling in India’s first modern custom designed elephant ambulance and will be sent to Elephant Conse...
23 Nov, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
- Indo-Bangla work on free jumbo route
Human migration may remain a contentious issue between India and Bangladesh, but not elephants. The two countries are working with their re...
06 Nov, 2015, 06.57 AM IST
- India, Bangladesh join hands for safe cross-border elephant migration
Human migration may remain a contentious issue between India and Bangladesh, but not for elephants.
05 Nov, 2015, 06.30 PM IST
Conservation of Asiatic Elephant will trickle down to Tigers: Wildlife PhotographerEfforts to conserve the Asiatic elephant will not only help conserve the natural forest land but also other animals including tigers, says ...
03 Sep, 2015, 03.36 PM IST
- Line transect method apt for elephant count: researchers
Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost cons...
07 Jun, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Muthoot partners with WWF for elephant projectA new conservation project aimed at effective management of human-elephant conflict and protecting the habitats of Asian elephants in six s...
14 Feb, 2015, 10.03 PM IST
India postpones first ever international meet on elephantsWith only three species of elephants living in the world in 50 countries across Asia and Africa, the challenge of conserving this majestic ...
17 Oct, 2013, 07.15 PM IST
- Manula sheds light on monitoring elephant population
In spite of its conservation significance, elephant populations across many sites/countries continue to be monitored using methods and tech...
18 Jan, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- Jairam Ramesh wants Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja to join elephant campaign
In a bid to cash in on the popularity of three-decade-old Bollywood hit "Haathi mere Saathi", government launched a campaign to conserve el...
24 May, 2011, 06.42 PM IST
- Elephant gets national heritage tag
The elephant has been declared the national heritage animal by the government with an aim to step up measures for its protection.
23 Oct, 2010, 01.59 AM IST