<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M K Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/03/2024. The matter related to protection of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican.</p>
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) holds an annual meeting in Berlin from June 16-19. Following are facts about whaling: The IWC, which has about 50 member states, imposed a moratorium on
With its cold, rainy weather, Belgium may not seem like the ideal place for birds accustomed to the hot, humid jungles of the Amazon or the searing heat of Africa. But Eric Domb went against the
The minor population of river dolphins found in the rivers of Assam is facing a threat of extinction. Till the late 1980s, the Manas river in the Manas National Park was home to a large population of
A rare white cub was born at Mahendra Chaudhry Zoological Park, near Chandigarh, a senior zoo official said. He said though rare, white cubs have been born in the past too, but have not survived for
With the brown Royal Bengal tigress giving birth to a white cub, the Chhat bir Zoo has entered the league of other zoological parks housing white tigers in India. It is for the second time in the
Furious Japanese delegates symbolically walked out of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Berlin yesterday after Mexico, joined by Britain and 23 other countries, narrowly forced
Invasive species are estimated to cost the United States some $138 billion annually and are forever changing a variety of the nation's ecosystems, a panel of witnesses told a Senate panel today.
Japan voiced its disgust at the International Whaling Commission after anti-whaling nations blocked bids to restart commercial whaling but stopped short of a walkout that could tear the divided
The tiger is the largest animal of the family of Felidae. It was previously designated as Felis tigris. As a whole, there are eight species in its kind. But three of these varieties have already been
India is the home of about 31 species of turtles and tortoises all of which can be broadly grouped as
