Project Tiger
- India
India has 75 pc of world’s wild tiger population: MoEFCC
New Delhi: India currently harbors almost 75 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population, and now more than 3/4 of the tiger population in the country is found within protected areas,…
- Telangana
Telangana’s inability to use wildlife conservation funds impacting its fauna: Centre
Delhi: The Centre has written to the Telangana government, expressing concern that its “inability” to utilise funds approved for compensatory afforestation and forest and wildlife conservation has had a negative impact on…
- India
Tiger numbers increase substantially in Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains: Govt report
New Delhi: The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra Plains…
- India
PM Modi arrives in Mysuru to commemorate 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’
Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Mysuru on Saturday, his eighth visit to poll-bound Karnataka this year. Modi will visit Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday and release the latest tiger census data…
- India
Can there be a Project Great Indian Bustard to protect endangered species, SC to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told Attorney General R. Venkataramani to check with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to explore the possibility of having a ‘Project Great…