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The story of Asiatic lion's conservation in Gir has become global: Gujarat CM Patel on World Lion Day

August 10, 2025 10:33 pm

At an event in Devbhumi Dwarka district, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, said Gir is the best example of how man can live with lion in a friendly manner

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2025 Lion census shows 32% population rise: Why Asiatic lion’s future can’t be secured by numbers alone

May 23, 2025 9:34 am

From under 200 in the 1960s, the population of Asiatic lions has grown to nearly 900 in 2025. To continue this success story, the big cats now need more quality forest habitats away from human settlements.

After litter of Asiatic lion cubs, Delhi zoo welcomes another birth — hippopotamus calf

May 20, 2025 4:50 am

Earlier this year, four Asiatic lion cubs were born at the zoo. At present, a male and a female cub have survived and are being hand-raised, said officials

Gujarat Forest Department begins first phase of 16th Asiatic lions census

May 11, 2025 2:07 am

The census — the first field census since 2015 — will be carried out across 11 districts, covering approximately 35,000 square km

According to the 15th lion estimation, the total population of lions was 674. That includes 260 females, 161 males, 93 sub-adults and 137 cubs.

Asiatic lion census to be carried out in Gujarat from May 10 to 13

April 22, 2025 7:37 am

The first phase will include observation for 24 hours. Then there will be a 24-hour gap. And again there is observation for 24 hours

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Knowledge Nugget: Importance of the International Big Cat Alliance for UPSC Exam

February 21, 2025 10:39 am

Recently, the IBCA, a treaty-based intergovernmental organization launched by India to conserve the seven big cats, came into force. In today's 'Knowledge Nugget,' get to know what IBCA is and the conservation status of these seven cats.

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography (Week 95)

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Asiatic Lions, illegal sand mining and more (Week 95)

February 06, 2025 2:41 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment and Geography.

After 14 long years a lion cub born in SGNP, takes total strength of Lions to 3

January 18, 2025 9:54 am

Alongside Manasi, there’s one other male lion, Manas (5), and with the newly born cub, the total strength of the lions is up to three now.

'Wait.. I am coming soon': Byculla zoo's lion exhibit patiently awaits the big cat’s return

January 09, 2025 7:54 pm

The Mumbai zoo has been bereft of a lion since 2014 when Jimmy, the 16-year-old African-Asiatic hybrid, died due to prolonged illness.

Eight lions escape death on railway tracks in Gujarat as alert loco pilots act in time

December 15, 2024 6:14 pm

As many as 104 lions have been saved so far in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region in 2024-25, as per the Western Railway.

Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case that they allegedly orchestrated through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking in connivance with some bank officials at the Brady House branch in Mumbai.

‘Personal space, adequate light’: India assures Belgium on Mehul Choksi if extradited

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Four months after Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in India for the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, was arrested in Belgium, India sent a letter of assurance to the country’s government, saying it will keep him in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail complex, “if extradited”.

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