State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Poaching
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catch me a colossus
Catching Veerappan, who amuses himself upsetting the government cart, is like trying to cage a titan. The State is in no position to meet his conditions for surrender. But his willingness to give up an outlaw s life has raised questions about precedents
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Trial by terror
Is Veerappan playing his last ace? Or is he having the last laugh on the incompetence of the State machinery?
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Elusive trail
Despite heavy deployment of police, Veerappan has remained elusive. The Special Task Force used the ugliest tactics to track him down, but failed
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Between the lines
Veerappan s history has been written in red in official records. But support from high places as much as from the ordinary people has sustained him
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The making of a criminal
How poor decision making encourages crime
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Victims of circumstance
How smuggling has affected villagers in Veerappan s area
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Inquiries of a citizen
A scribe did what the State could not he reached Veerappan
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The political dimension
Sudden slacks in the hunt for Veerappan
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Insects at stake
Rare insects in the US now qualify for legal protection
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Sanctuary s sorrow
a recent survey of the Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh conducted by the Centre of Wildlife and Ornithology, Aligarh Muslim University, showed that between