Rashme Sehgal

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Tourism industry happy over ban lift

The lifting of the interim ban on tourism in tiger reserves has brought a cheer to the tiger tourism industry though the Supreme Court has unequivocally placed the onus of responsibility of protection

Traditional Knowledge Act been scuttled?

This should have been India’s hour of glory.

69 tigers die in 9 months; only 1,706 left

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has admitted that tiger deaths are on the rise: 69 of them having been killed or died naturally in the past nine months.

69 tigers die in 9 months; only 1,706 left

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The National Tiger Conservation Authority has admitted that tiger deaths are on the rise: 69 of them having been killed or died naturally in the past nine months.

“While 41 tigers were killed due to

Cabinet nod to biosafety protocol ratification

The Cabinet has given the green signal of the signing of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) arising from the fair and equitable utilisation of genetic resources and traditional kn

Campaign to save Ganga dolphins begins

The 'tiger of the Ganga' is the nomenclature for the Ganga river dolphin which enjoys the same status in the river ecosystem as that of a tiger in a forest.

Like the tiger, the dolphin is close to e

Campaign to save Ganga dolphins begins

The “tiger of the Ganga” is the nomenclature for the Ganga river dolphin which enjoys the same status in the river ecosystem as that of a tiger in a forest.

MoEF clears coal block in MP

The ministry of environment and forests on Wednesday granted forest clearance to the Mahan coal block spread over 1,082 hectares of prime forest in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.

Creating medicinal forests a giant step to good health

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One of Asia’s largest monolithic rock structures overshadows the Savandurga forest spread over 1,000 hectares (has). The rock structure attracts a large number of trekkers but the forest enjoys its own significance as it is a repository of rare medicinal and aromatic plants.

Indian medicinal plants face extinction

Their names are an exercise in tongue-twisting. But these medicinal trees and plants save millions of lives. Take the case of Coscinium Fenestratum which is used in the cure of diabetes.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.