The battle to bring freshwater turtles back from the brink

Conservationists and government departments are fighting against all odds to prevent the smuggling of turtles within and outside the country; the challenge is not just to prevent the illegal trade of turtles, some of which are endangered, as pets and for meat but also to rehabilitate those recovered from anti-trafficking…

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Govt. seeking more time to fix reservation for wards only to delay elections to BBMP council beyond May 2023, SEC complains to top courts

The State Election Commission alleged before both the High Court of Karnataka and the Supreme Court that the Karnataka government appears to be seeking three more months to issue a fresh notification to fix the reservation for the wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike “only with a view to…

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