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Moushumi Basu
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Birds, fishes and butterflies: Meet the eco-managers of West Bengal’s paddy fields
Farmers in the state’s Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur districts are switching to ecological farming, with a little help from nature.
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In Assam’s Kaziranga, dogs are helping sniff out rhino poachers
Since 2011, two dog squads have been deployed and are credited with assisting in more than 46 arrests.
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In West Bengal’s Jaldapara, reformed poachers are helping crack down on rhino horn trade
The forest department works closely with local residents to protect rhinos and 40% percent of tourist revenues are earmarked to support community projects.
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Trending
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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The India Fix: What does Pathaan’s massive success mean for the BJP?
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The European Union investigated the 2002 Gujarat riots – but is refusing to make its report public
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Fiction: A courtesan renounces pleasure and embraces Buddhism after she is betrayed by the world
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A rhino poaching racket has created fear, suspicion towards outsiders in a West Bengal village
Experts and former poachers in Jaldapara say villagers are recruited by organised poaching syndicates.
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By growing trees alongside crops, Indian farmers are boosting incomes while saving the environment
Agroforestry has been hailed as one of the top solutions to climate change and is an age-old tradition in West Bengal’s rural heartland.
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A tranquiliser shortage is holding back rescue and rehabilitation of rhinos in India
The lack of Etorphine is already holding up translocation plans in several protected areas, and preventing veterinarians from caring for injured animals.
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Video
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Watch: Shah Rukh Khan makes an appearance for fans outside his home to celebrate ‘Pathaan’
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Watch: How the original Hindenburg, the German Zeppelin, caught fire and crashed in 1937
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Watch: India U-19 women’s cricket team celebrates T20 World Cup win by dancing to ‘Kala Chashma’
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Watch: Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza sings in Tamil at AR Rahman’s concert in Kuala Lumpur
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Angry elephants and disappearing fish: Small hydel plants are no green alternative to big dams
Small hydel plants are exempt from Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Here’s how they’re wreaking havoc on rivers.
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In an Odisha reserve, poachers who turned protectors are threatening to go back to killing animals
Similipal’s dreaded poachers became wildlife conservationists for cash. As the Forest Department invests in drones over men, will hunting season return?
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Assam is taking on wildlife crimes with fast-track courts, tighter investigation, even rewards
Of 17 arrests so far this year, 11 cases have been prosecuted and six convictions already secured.
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The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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This doctor saved the Great Indian Bustard from extinction – by treating cattle herders for free
Pramod Patil roped in Thar’s cattle herders to help conserve the endangered bird. It was not easy.
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Despite numerous challenges, rhinos are thriving in India’s Jaldapara National Park
When anti-poaching measures tighten elsewhere in India, poachers turned to Jaldapara.
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Kaziranga, India's rhino paradise, has a poaching problem that's proving hard to combat
Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 – most recently on December 22, experts say there is hope.
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The Field
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Interview: Harmanpreet Kaur on her sweep shot, love for fielding, financial security and more
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Hockey World Cup: Meet Jean-Paul Danneberg, Germany’s shootout goalkeeping hero with a secret recipe
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: India’s win, a tale of collective triumph from Mumbai to Potchefstroom
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Watch: India senior women and men's teams reactions after Shafali Verma and Co’s U19 World Cup win
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Serie A: Giovanni Simeone stars for Napoli; champions AC Milan stunned by Sassuolo