Conservation biologist Bibhab Kumar Talukdar from Assam elected as Fellow of Linnean Society of London Guwahati: Renowned conservation biologist from Assam, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar has been elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS), one of the highest international honours in natural history and biological sciences. Notable past Fellows include Charles Darwin and…
‘Joymala’ passed away on Saturday night after serving for 34 years in the Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: The forests of Kaziranga National Park have fallen quieter with the passing of Joymala, 66 , one of the park’s most iconic and dedicated patrol elephants. She earned international recognition in 2004 when a stray tigress leapt over…
Forest department will focus on reducing wildlife conflict, speeding up compensation disbursal, strengthening wildlife monitoring with modern technology and digitising public services Thiruvananthapuram: Forest minister Shibu Baby John said forest department’s 100-day action plan will begin on Sunday to ensure safety of people living along Kerala’s forest borders and to reduce human-animal conflict.Along with protecting…
Pallikaranai Greater Flamingo at the Pallikaranai marsh in Chennai.04.05.2014.Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO fighting against corruption, has petitioned the state govt to cancel approvals granted to a property developer for a residential project in Perumbakkam, alleging that the site falls within the protected Pallikaranai marshland.In a complaint submitted to chief minister C Joseph Vijay,…
Pallikaranai Greater Flamingo at the Pallikaranai marsh in Chennai.04.05.2014.Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO fighting against corruption, has petitioned the state govt to cancel approvals granted to a property developer for a residential project in Perumbakkam, alleging that the site falls within the protected Pallikaranai marshland.In a complaint submitted to chief minister C Joseph Vijay,…
Lucknow: The CSIR-NBRI-EIACP Programme Centre, in collaboration with the department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), organised a World Environment Day 2026 programme on the theme ‘Inspired by nature. For climate. For our future.’Prof Venkatesh Dutta, head, department of Environmental Science, BBAU, Vice-Chancellor Prof RK Mittal, spoke on the importance of sustainable lifestyles…
