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Scrapped Solar Project in Spiti Valley Would Have Impacted Snow Leopards, Says Study

Nov 3, 2024 | thequint.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

On the whole, India has 718 snow leopards, according to the Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India. Are we prepared for the climate crisis staring us in the face? The Quint wants to go big on telling the most important stories of our time. Support us to tell them. Become a member now.
India's Rising Tiger Population Comes at a Cost: Forced Relocation of Villagers

Oct 7, 2024 | thequint.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Are we prepared for the climate crisis staring us in the face? The Quint wants to go big on telling the most important stories of our time. Support us to tell them. Become a member now. Last year, India completed 50 years of Project Tiger on a high. With big cat numbers jumping from 2,967 in 2018 to the current 3,682, and India becoming home to 75 percent of the global tiger population – the country's tiger conservation efforts have been exceptional. How did we manage this? In one word – relocation.
How About A Side Of Red Ant Chutney?

Aug 22, 2024 | indiacurrents.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

In January this year, the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district in the eastern state of Odisha was spotlighted when its unique red ant chutney — locally known as kai chutney or kurkutti chutney — received the Geographical Indications tag or GI tag, putting the tribal dish in a cohort that includes the Assamese Bihu dholand the Banaras thandai. Issued by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the GI tag ties a product and its unique qualities to a specific geographical location.
Significant strides in the battle against wildlife poaching

Jul 15, 2024 | tehelka.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Though India passed the Wildlife Protection Act in 1972 to conserve wildlife, most of the times hunting and poaching take place for bushmeat as it is considered a delicacy. Animals are also killed to prevent crop raids. A report by Deepanwita Gita NiyogiA campaign launched in December last year to prevent the hunting and poaching of wildlife has started giving the desired results in Telangana.
Why Colonial-Era Forest Rest Houses Need To Be Preserved

Jun 26, 2024 | thequint.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Some of these buildings, popularly known as dak bungalows, are even said to be haunted. One morning, as this reporter was in the middle of a conversation with Bishnu Saha,the caretaker in charge of the Sukna forest rest house near Siliguri in West Bengal,we couldn't help but stop and listen to theslow whistling sound in the air.
Khajuraho’s Swiss Legacy Is Alive & Well At Raja Café

Jun 22, 2024 | indiacurrents.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Much like Kolkata’s Flurys, once deemed the only authentic Swiss confectionary outside of Europe in colonial times, there’s a touch of Switzerland in Madhya Pradesh’s UNESCO world heritage site of Khajuraho too. Raja Café, started in 1978, has a Kolkata connection. The two sisters Betty and Joy who founded the café, originally came from India’s erstwhile capital.
Conserving rhinos in Jaldapara

Apr 17, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

New Delhi, April 17 -- Guide Bholaprasad Sharma spotted the two animals, partially hidden in the thick foliage. Perhaps, spending 19 long years as a safari guide has trained him to spot wildlife quickly. In the blazing sun, it took a few more minutes to see them prominently. Then they fully came into view: two beautiful rhinos, the pride of Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. Jaldapara has an interesting history.
How A Khajuraho Woodcarver Is Preserving Tribal Art

Mar 15, 2024 | indiacurrents.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

It is easy to spot Rajendra Singh selling beautiful handicraft items outside the popular Raja Café, right opposite the western group of temples in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. A woodcarver by profession, Singh resides in an old settlement of the city. His house is near the Ghantai Mandir, a Jain temple adorned with pillars.
Rise in human-leopard conflict amid changing landscape

Feb 29, 2024 | tehelka.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Though the Chalisgaon range in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, has scrub type of forest, leopards do not always require a dense forest to survive. As the animals thrive in sugarcane fields, there is human-leopard interface, which sometimes results in acute conflict, writes Deepanwita Gita NiyogiShital Nagrale, an officer in the Chalisgaon range of Jalgaon forest division, has helped reunite many abandoned leopard cubs with their mothers.
Why are tribals moving away from millets?

Feb 15, 2024 | tehelka.com | Deepanwita Niyogi

Rice distributed through the public distribution system is responsible to a great extent behind the non-consumption of millets or in its sharp reduction when it comes to rural areas. Also, millet processing is a tedious job. A report by Deepanwita Gita NiyogiAcross the country, respective state governments are promoting millets on a large-scale through various millet missions.