Odisha’s principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Susanta Nanda said the decline in leopard figures could be due to a reduction in number of estimation sites
The 16 nations that have expressed interest in joining the alliance are Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria & Peru
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, which decriminalises almost all penal provisions in the earlier 1974 law, was passed in Rajya Sabha on February 6