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Monkey business
The rhesus and bonnet macaque menace in many parts of the country continues to drive demand for langurs, trained to scare them off
6 min read14 Mar 2017Plea against culling of animals declared as vermin to be heard by top court
Plea challenges three notifications of the environment ministry which declared certain animals as vermin and allowed for their culling for a period of one year
1 min read15 Jun 2016Monkey culling nod gets Maneka’s goat, accuses Javadekar of a ‘lust for killing’
Gandhi's outburst came after the environment ministry allowed the Rhesus Macaque to be culled in Himachal Pradesh
3 min read10 Jun 2016Should Shimla cull its monkeys?
What Himachal Pradesh and many other states need to do to resolve the issue of commensal monkeys is to adopt a multi-pronged approach
3 min read29 Apr 2016PETA sues photographer to give monkey the copyright of selfie photos
According to the lawsuit the macaque monkey who took selfie photos should be the copyright owner rather than the photographer who positioned the camera
3 min read23 Sep 2015A night in the forest
The company of hoolock gibbons, geckos and fireflies, and a return to childhood at the Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam
5 min read16 Sep 2015Lions of the rainforest
A continually degrading and fragmenting habitat has left the lion-tailed macaque, the most ancient of arboreal primates, fighting for survival
7 min read16 Jan 2015Conservation Couple | The call of the wild
Conservation Couple | The call of the wild
4 min read29 Mar 2012Silent Valley: 25 years of an ecological triumph
Silent Valley: 25 years of an ecological triumph
8 min read10 Nov 2009Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared