Quote of the day by 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin: ‘Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are…’ – A wild lesson in awareness and trustSteve Irwin, renowned for his work with dangerous animals, observed that human intentions can be far more unpredictable than those of preda...
17 May, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
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
PM Modi to visit Sasangir-Junagadh on March 3 on World Wildlife DayPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Sasangir in Gujarat on World Wildlife Day, focusing on Asiatic lion conservation. Measures inc...
02 Mar, 2025, 01.34 PM IST
What's common between Deutsche Bank's Ravneet Gill & banker Hemendra Kothari? Take a 'wild' guess!Gill said that saving the environment means saving the world.
12 Dec, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
- Indian, international conservation experts write to Dave on forest dwellers' rights14 Nov, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Centre's delay in releasing funds may hit tiger protection effortsOfficially, of India's 49 tiger reserves, NTCA has only released funds to six reserves for `Project Tiger' so far this year.
29 Jun, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
Centre's delay in releasing funds may hit tiger protection effortsAt least 74 tigers have died in the country since January. Delay in release of funds from the National Tiger Conservation Authority is like...
29 Jun, 2016, 08.24 AM IST
World Land Trust raising funds for the ‘ambitious’ Chilkiya-Kota elephant corridorWorld Land Trust is an international conservation charity, which protects the world’s most biologically important and threatened habitats a...
29 Sep, 2014, 06.55 PM IST
Apex wildlife panel to have say only over parks, tiger reservesThe NBWL is the apex wildlife body headed by the PM. Under various provisions and Supreme Court orders, development projects falling in des...
20 Dec, 2012, 05.40 AM IST
- New unit to protect tigers in Sohelwa wildlife sanctuary
The forest department has decided to entrust the responsibility of protection and conservation of wildlife to a society besides the regular...
05 Dec, 2012, 10.31 PM IST
- Government to amend Wildlife Act to check poaching
With poaching and trade in endangered animals like the tiger on the rise, the government has decided to make the Wildlife Protection Act mo...
06 Sep, 2012, 09.02 AM IST
National Tiger Conservation Authority releases Rs10.48crore to state PAsThe National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has released Rs10.48 crore for 30 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks and four tiger r...
29 Aug, 2012, 04.02 AM IST
- MP yet to sign tripartite pact for tiger conservation
Except Madhya Pradesh, all the tiger-range states have signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and sanctuaries on big cat conservatio...
11 Oct, 2009, 06.26 PM IST
- Scanty funds endanger tiger future
The three tigers reserves and 33 wildlife sanctuaries in the State received only Rs 11.50 crore under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme in 200...
04 Mar, 2008, 02.59 AM IST
Rs 50 cr for tiger conservation: FMFinance Minister P Chidambaram in the Union Budget 2008-09 has allotted Rs 50 crore to conserve the dwindling tiger population in India.
29 Feb, 2008, 02.11 PM IST
Rs 50 cr for tiger conservation: FMFinance Minister P Chidambaram in the Union Budget 2008-09 has allotted Rs 50 crore to conserve the dwindling tiger population in India.
29 Feb, 2008, 02.11 PM IST
- Bill soon to create special fund for afforestation
Intending to maintain a rational balance between conservation and development, the Centre would soon bring in a bill to create a special au...
20 Jan, 2008, 07.35 PM IST