Abhimanyu’s retirement had been expected due to his age. Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia/The Hindu Mysuru: Celebrated tusker Abhimanyu, the veteran lead elephant of the Mysuru Dasara jumbo squad, will no longer participate in the annual festivities after the Forest Department retired him from Dasara duties following his 60th birthday in April this year. Abhimanyu’s retirement had been expected due to his age. His name, however, had initially figured in the list of elephants propose

The initiative comes against the backdrop of increasing coffee consumption in India, particularly in cities and among younger consumers. Hyderabad: The Coffee Board of India is examining the possibility of adopting a model similar to the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) to encourage coffee consumption in the domestic market, while simultaneously working to strengthen India’s position in global coffee production and exports. Senior Coffee Board officials recently vis

A column written by Prasad Bidapa. Let’s not dress this up. In the last 14 years, from 2012 to 2024, India lost 1.62 million hectares of tree cover. That’s not a typo. In 2016 we lost 164,150 hectares. In 2017 we lost 179,261 hectares. Those were the worst years on record in the last decade. Since 2001, the total damage is 2.31 million hectares gone. That’s a 7.1% decline. It has put 1.29 gigatonnes of CO₂ into the air. And before you tell me “but we planted trees,” hear me o