MCD to set aside Rs 35 crore for microchipping, vaccinating stray dogs in upcoming budgetThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans a significant budget allocation for stray dog management. Around Rs 35 crore is earmarked for micr...
17 Jan, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
Dog census essential for success of Animal Birth Control programme: ReportMunicipal authorities in Delhi-NCR need a dog census for effective animal birth control. A report highlights the lack of concrete numbers f...
18 Nov, 2025, 02.47 PM IST
Sri Lanka begins census of monkeys, peacocks and squirrels amid agricultural damageSri Lanka began a wildlife census to count monkeys, peacocks, and giant squirrels to manage their populations due to their threat to agricu...
15 Mar, 2025, 11.21 AM IST
Why is Akshay Kumar feeding the monkeys of Ayodhya? Watch viral videoBollywood star Akshay Kumar, in collaboration with the Anjaneya Seva Trust, is feeding over 1,250 monkeys daily in Ayodhya. This eco-friend...
17 Dec, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
Centre holds meeting with health experts to revisit existing guidelines for monkeypoxThe meeting, which was headed by Dr L Swasticharan, director of Emergency Medical Relief, was attended by officials from the National Aids ...
04 Aug, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever. How to protect yourselfIt was first reported in 1967 in a town called Marburg in Germany and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
26 Jul, 2022, 09.04 AM IST
Govt guidelines on monkeypox stress on surveillance, rapid identification, isolationThe guidelines proposed a surveillance strategy to rapidly identify cases and clusters of infections and the sources of infections as soon ...
31 May, 2022, 09.33 PM IST
Delhi drops surgical sterilisation plan to control monkey populationThe plan to use an immunocontraceptive vaccine, which can make monkeys sterile, will remain off the table till there is enough concrete evi...
25 Nov, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
View: One man’s vermin another’s animal?Many animals succumb to ‘snaring’ every year across India. It is a practice by which an edible item is filled with explosives, or sharp mat...
11 Jun, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
- We need to control animal populations: Anil Madhav Dave30 Dec, 2016, 04.12 AM IST
Five states seek green ministry's nod to cull certain wild animalsGujarat claimed that nilgai numbers have increased from 41,644 to 1,86,770 in 2015, shrinking population of wild predators, their numbers c...
13 Jun, 2016, 11.45 AM IST
Environment ministry fostering a regime of killing animals: Maneka GandhiJavadekar insisted that it was "scientific management" of animal population and the permissions for killing animals were restricted to part...
09 Jun, 2016, 04.41 PM IST
New river regulatory zone rules to be launched soon: Prakash Javadekar"New rules for River Regulatory Zones are being prepared and will be launched soon," Javadekar said while referring to to the recent floods...
15 Dec, 2015, 08.43 PM IST
Thanks to startups, America's Halloween is becoming a local festival in BengaluruGiven its cosmopolitan composition of employees most of who have travelled the world, the city's tech sector takes keen interest in Hallowe...
29 Oct, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
Monkey menace reached 'epic' proportions in the country: CSE reportCSE said monkeys have been causing extensive damage to agriculture in India which was already facing low productivity due to extreme weathe...
18 Aug, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Monkey rains down Rs 1.5 lakh at Vrindavan templeIt rained in Vrindavan — what came down was not water, but 500-rupee notes, that a monkey was showering over the people. Rs 1.5 lakh in all.
20 Jul, 2015, 10.01 AM IST
- Sixth Pay Commission Report: Honey-coated peanuts?
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. The case for paying civil servants a decent salary is very strong. Demand salary hike, but politely
27 Mar, 2008, 07.00 PM IST