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BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN INDIA - NATURE'S LAST FRONTIERS, TREASURES TO PRESERVE

Here are some of the major biodiversity hotspots in India: 1. Western Ghats The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a majestic mountain range that runs parallel to India's western ...
Free Press Journal · 11d

Illegal Wildlife Trade Surges In India, Threatening Biodiversity & National Heritage

India has deployed specially trained sniffer dogs, known as “super sniffers,” leading to nearly 500 wildlife seizures across 20 states. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has recently introduced these dogs in its Northern and Eastern zones to detect smuggled wildlife on train routes.
Icon for www.newstrackindia.comNewstrack India · Oct 9, 2018

Types of Tourism in India

Tourism in India has emerged as the fastest growing industries in the last decade and is still in its growth phase. The diverse flora and fauna, climatic conditions, historical heritages and cultural diversity in India have made it the first choice of the ...
Icon for www.reuters.comReuters · 26d

India to formalise incentives for critical minerals recycling this year, sources say

NEW DELHI, April 8 (Reuters) - India plans to launch incentives for the recycling of 24 critical minerals this year including lithium and cobalt, two sources aware of the matter said, as part of ...
Icon for whc.unesco.orgUNESCO · May 15, 2018

World Heritage Biodiversity Programme for India (WHBPI)

In April 2004, the World Heritage Centre entered into a US$ 5 million, biodiversity programme to protect India's World Heritage sites, Manas and Kaziranga and their endangered species including the one-horned rhinoceroses, tiger, pygmy hog, Indian ...
Icon for www.the-scientist.comThe Scientist · Feb 28, 2025

India Maps Genomic Diversity with Nationwide Project

The project, launched in 2020 with a goal of understanding Indian diversity, health, and disease, culminated with a comprehensive catalog of genetic variations, laying the foundation to build an Indian reference genome. What drove the researchers to ...
Icon for www.telegraphindia.comThe Telegraph · Feb 4, 2025

Purulia: A biodiversity hotspot with honey badger, hyena, wolf and more

Indian grey wolf “The documentation of these species in ... There has been a huge comeback for animal diversity. The primary reason for this is the development of the quality of forests. Not only the big trees but the ground vegetation has also witnessed ...
Icon for www.livemint.comMint · 28d

India's climate crisis: Early heatwaves, Himalayan glaciers melting and a biodiversity collapse

Coal India is responsible for 1.53% of historical ... It was also one of the first books to show how climate change affects biodiversity loss worldwide. Her follow-up book, 2022's Under A White ...
Icon for www.nature.comNature · Oct 5, 2024

From diversity to delivery: the case of the Indian Genome Variation initiative

The IGV has recently developed the first large-scale database of genomic diversity in the Indian population that will facilitate research on disease predisposition, adverse drug reactions and ...
Icon for www.telegraphindia.comThe Telegraph · 29d

Fires rage, foresters on edge; frequent blazes stoke fears of damage to biodiversity in north

While foresters and firemen doused the flames in Baikunthapur, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which is posted along the India-Nepal border ... pointed out that frequent wildfires affected the rich biodiversity. “The wildfires are affecting the rich ...
Icon for www.hbs.eduHarvard Business School · Mar 6, 2019

India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity

Cavallo, Alberto, Matthew Weinzierl, and Robert Scherf. "India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity." Harvard Business School Case 719-061, February 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
Icon for www.tribuneindia.comThe Tribune · 3d

Biodiversity management committees to be made operational this year

J&K Biodiversity Council (J&KBC ... The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation ...
Icon for www.asianage.comThe Asian Age · 13d

Suman Sahai | Second Gene Bank May Establish India As a Global Leader in Biodiversity Sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also pronounced that the second Gene Bank “will strengthen India’s position as a leader in global biodiversity conservation” and expanded to continue that ...
Icon for www.hindustantimes.comHindustan Times · 25d

India showed world diversity not just tolerated but accepted, respected: RSS chief

Bhagwat insisted that India's role now is to offer a model of peaceful coexistence, where diversity is not merely tolerated but accepted and respected. "We have given this message to accept all ...
BW Businessworld · 13d

GCCs Outpace IT And Other Sectors In Diversity Hiring Across India

Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are now frontrunners in gender diversity hiring, outperforming IT services and other sectors across in India, industry leaders tell BW Businessworld. Experts say this success is due to the structured approach GCCs have adopted toward diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Icon for www.newindianexpress.comThe New Indian Express · 19d

New frog species discovered in Assam

They have sufficient data. I feel there should be more studies on urban biodiversity in India. Possibly, we are yet to know more about species interactions,” he further stated. According to ...
Icon for whc.unesco.orgUNESCO · Oct 11, 2022

Socotra Archipelago

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site is of universal importance because of its biodiversity ...
Icon for www.tribuneindia.comThe Tribune · 5d

XLRI Jamshedpur to Host High-Impact Business-Biodiversity Conclave in Collaboration with IUCN

India's premier Jesuit business school, is proud to announce the upcoming Business-Biodiversity Conclave organized by the Fr. Arrupe Centre for Ecology & Sustainability (FACES) in ...