conservation

Bhopal, April 11 – In a significant achievement for India’s cheetah reintroduction program, a 25-month-old female cheetah, Gamini, born in India, has given birth to four healthy cubs in the wild at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change...

New Delhi, April 10 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Standing Committee has approved a proposal for the conservation and redevelopment of the 160-year-old Town Hall building in Chandni Chowk, an official said.The Town Hall, owned by the MCD, was constructed between 1861 and 1866 as the...

Jaipur, April 10 The iconic Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur will be developed into an international-standard facility with beautification and modernization works at a cost of ₹25 crore, an official said on Friday.Museum superintendent Mahendra Kumar Nimhal said that conservation and restoration...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 The Kerala Department of Tourism will receive a Golden Elephant Protection Award from PETA India for launching a state-of-the-art mechanical elephant safari, which eliminates the use of live animals for tourist rides, officials said on Thursday.The lifelike...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), April 9 Authorities of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve have placed their hopes on the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, to determine the exact cause of death of 25 vultures, whose carcasses were recovered from a field under the Bhira range of the Dudhwa buffer...

New Delhi, April 8 The Union Ministry of Environment has issued a draft notification declaring 663.32 square kilometers around the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka as an Eco-Sensitive Zone.Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) are areas notified by the government around protected areas, national parks...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre designated two institutions as repositories for different categories of biological resources on Tuesday, allowing them to support the safe custody of biological materials, including voucher specimens, and strengthen the documentation of newly discovered species, as...

New Delhi, April 7 – India has emerged as a credible voice globally for climate justice, equity, and sustainable development, demonstrating that conservation and climate action are mutually reinforcing pillars of growth, and that prosperity for people and the protection of the planet can proceed...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 7 Two minarets of the iconic Bibi ka Maqbara monument in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar will undergo restoration after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) approved the conservation work, an official has said.The Maqbara, also known as the Taj of the Deccan, was...

Lucknow, April 7 The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved a statue development scheme, under which Rs 1 crore will be allocated to each of the state's 403 assembly constituencies for the beautification and development of statues of social reformers.The approval for the "Dr B R Ambedkar...

Srinagar, April 6 – A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Jammu and Kashmir has revealed a disturbing fact: 518 lakes have either disappeared completely or have become so degraded that they cannot be saved.The CAG report has highlighted an environmental crisis in...

Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr 6 A national-level surfing (wave riding or surfboard) championship will be held at Butler Bay in Little Andaman from April 9 to 12, officials said.Butler Bay is located nearly 130 km south of Sri Vijaya Puram. This will be the first time that the Andaman and Nicobar...

Jaipur, April 4 Three new chicks of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard have been successfully hatched at breeding centers in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, using artificial insemination technology, bringing the total number of birds in captivity to 76, officials said.Two chicks...

Itanagar, April 4 Researchers have identified three previously unknown species of rove beetles in Arunachal Pradesh, highlighting the state's vast yet largely unexplored insect diversity.The study, recently published in the journal 'Soil Organisms', documented three new species belonging to...

Wayanad (Kerala), April 3 A wild elephant, affectionately known as "Muttikkomban," was captured on Friday morning after it posed a threat to people and crops in the Vadakkanad area, forest officials said.The operation was carried out on the orders of the chief wildlife warden following...

New Delhi, April 2 The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has partnered with INTACH to conduct a comprehensive survey of historic structures across the Delhi Ridge.Spanning 8,000 acres, the Delhi Ridge is divided into four zones – the Northern Ridge, the Southern Ridge, the Central Ridge, and...

Jaipur, April 2 A barking deer has gone missing from the Nahargarh Biological Park near Jaipur for the past two days, and forest officials have yet to locate the animal.According to officials, the deer was found missing from its enclosure two days ago, causing concern among the staff of the...

New Delhi, April 2 The Delhi government has approved the creation of nine posts of wildlife inspector through direct recruitment in the Department of Forests and Wildlife, officials said on Thursday.Deploying dedicated inspectors would help in protecting Delhi’s biodiversity, and will...

New Delhi, April 2 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday stayed an order of the Assam government seeking the deployment of around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for the April 9 Assembly polls in the northeastern state.The NGT's eastern zonal bench in Kolkata, comprising...

New Delhi, April 2 – The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a notification by the Rajasthan government that de-notified 732 hectares of the National Chambal Sanctuary, saying it would not allow the de-notification of any reserve land for protected species.The court criticized the "mining mafia"...