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A team conducts the survey on Saturday Berhampur: First phase of the tiger census in forest areas under Berhampur forest circle started on Friday and will continue till Jan 15.The exercise is part of the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2026, which is being conducted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute…
NEW DELHI: Setting the stage for the world’s largest enumeration exercise, the Cabinet approved Rs 11,718 crore for conducting Census 2027, which will be in two phases and include a caste count for the first time. March 1, 2027 has been set as the reference date for the census. For snow-bound areas, it is Oct…
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allocated Rs 11,700 crore for the upcoming census schedule from April to September in 2027.According to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the census will be conducted in two phases — housing enlisting and population enumeration.“Census 2027 will be the first ever digital census. The digital design of the census has…
Dehradun: Visually and hearing-impaired students in Dehradun took part in the second cycle of the Uttarakhand Bird Count (UBC) 2025 on Saturday — identifying 28 bird species during three sessions held within their school campus. Statewide, 144 observers, including specially-abled participants, recorded 344 species from a checklist of 371, officials said.The children, trained over several…
DEHRADUN: India’s first nationwide DNA-based census has found the country’s wild elephant population fell by about 25% in eight years, underscoring growing threats from shrinking forests and rising conflict with humans.Released on Tuesday, the report, ‘Status of Elephants in India: DNA-based Synchronous All-India Population Estimation of Elephants’ (SAIEE 2021-25), estimated 22,446 elephants across India, down…
