The forest department in Assam has seized a huge cache of smuggled animal body parts from the Manas National Park and arrested five suspected poachers on Friday.
Ahead of the G20 Summit in the national capital, Hotel Leela Palace is gearing up with an exclusive set of dishes for the delegates, especially curated with Indian sweets and different types of millets.
The Northeast Frontier Railway on Saturday bagged the PMI South Asia Award for its 'Micro Project of the Year' that is, 'Intrusion Detection System for saving elephant lives'.
Eight elephants, Arjuna, Bhima, Gopi, Dhananjaya, Varalakshmi, Vijaya, Mahendra and Kanjan headed to Mysore under the leadership of elephant Abhimanyu.
The Centre has identified over 60 new corridors used by elephants for movement between two habitats, taking the total number of identified passages across the country to 150, according to a report by the Ministry of Environment.
As per the official, the IDS will help detect elephants approaching the railway tracks and an alert will be sent to the local pilot, station master, also station manager and the accident can be prevented.
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has initiated an ambitious project for improvement of elephant habitat in Assam's Rowta Reserve Forest to mitigate Human Elephant Conflict (HEC).
The IDS will help detect elephants approaching the railway tracks and alert railway officials and loco pilots, ensuring the train speed gets reduced and thereby avert elephant deaths informs.
"On World Elephant Day, we reiterate our commitment to protect the elephant, which is very closely associated with India’s rich natural heritage," Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 12: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, World Animal Protection has urged the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to end elephant rides and retire the elephants to a wildlife friendly sanctuary. More than 150 individuals of Rajasthan Road Riders participated in