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☆ Cheetah Deaths in India Mar Reintroduction Efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Hari Kumar | Sameer Yasir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For centuries, cheetahs roamed vast swaths of India and prowled among lions, tigers and leopards. Last year, the Indian government sought to bring cheetahs back by reintroducing the species to the country, bringing 20 in from South Africa and Namibia. In the latest case, a female cheetah was killed during a violent interaction with two older males after they were put in the same enclosure for the purpose of mating. Another male cheetah brought from South Africa in February died of apparent heart failure last month. And a female from the Namibia group, consisting of five males and three females, died of a suspected kidney ailment in March.

☆ India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

At the same time, they cautioned that Congress' victory on Saturday in Karnataka state, home to the booming tech hub of Bengaluru, was largely due to local factors. The party has won just one state election since December 2018, crumbling under the onslaught of the BJP's Hindu nationalism, the government's generous social spending, Modi's popularity, and its own leadership vacuum. "This is an amazing beginning," said Rajeev Gowda, the head of research at Congress and a former federal lawmaker. "We need to adapt these learnings to every election-going state in 2023 and more importantly to parliamentary elections next year," he said. Asked by the India Today-Axis poll how they would vote if the Karnataka election had been a national election instead, 10% of the respondents shifted to Modi, enough to overturn the result.

☆ Analysis: India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

☆ Bollywood film on Islamic State recruits sparks debate in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Shilpa Jamkhandikar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - A low-budget Bollywood film about young women recruited by the Islamic State has stirred up passionate debate, helping to make it an instant box-office hit in India. "The Kerala Story," set in the coastal southern state of the same name, follows three women who are indoctrinated, converted and sent to IS camps. Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the film by director Sudipto Sen, saying it showed the consequences of terrorism. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, two states ruled by his Bharatiya Janata Party, have exempted the film from state taxes, making tickets cheaper. However, the Kerala High Court has refused to impose a ban in the state where the film is set, saying it was "inspired by true events."

☆ India says other African cheetahs well after two deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A cheetah looks on after being sedated, before being flown with eleven others from South Africa to India under an agreement between the two governments to introduce the African cats to the South Asian country over the next decade, at Rooiberg veterinary facility, Limpopo province, South Africa, February 17, 2023. The deaths raised concerns about the effort that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has championed, but that some conservationists have called a "vanity project" that overlooks the fact the African cheetah is not native to South Asia. "The other cheetahs have been closely monitored and none of them has shown any similar symptoms," the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said in a statement. The ministry said a team of experts from South Africa and India visited the park in Madhya Pradesh state on April 30 and submitted a report to it on the way ahead. "This is the first intercontinental re-introduction of a wild, large carnivore species and therefore there is no comparable historical precedent."

The cause of death was not immediately known and authorities will perform a post-mortem to find out more, the outlet reported. Uday – who was named by Indian citizens in a contest – was among 20 cheetahs airlifted to India over the past few months from Africa. The news of the deceased 6-year-old cheetah came just three weeks after his fellow feline, Sasha, died from a kidney infection. Laurie Marker, founder of the Namibia-based Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), which also helped with transferring the animals, said re-establishing a population is very difficult. In late March, the country welcomed four newborn cheetahs for the first time since the species disappeared from India more than 70 years ago.

☆ Thirty-five dead, 16 hurt after roof of stepwell collapses in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LUCKNOW, India, March 31 (Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed and 16 were injured after the roof of a stepwell in a temple complex collapsed in central India, a local government official said on Friday. The incident occurred in the central Indian city of Indore after a concrete slab covering the roof of a stepwell in a temple complex collapsed, crushing devotees who had gathered to celebrate the Hindu festival of Ram Navami on Thursday, officials said. Stepwells are a common feature across India, built hundreds of years ago, many of them ornately decorated, with access to a body of water through stairs and niches. "We have rescued 18 people, 35 have been found dead and 16 are injured," Ilayaraja T, a top local government official, told Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences and announced compensation for the dead and injured in the incident.

☆ Thirty-six dead, 16 hurt in India after roof collapse at temple
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Rescuers conduct an operation at a roof collapse site in Indore, India March 31, 2023 in this still image from video. ANI/Reuters TV via REUTERSLUCKNOW, India, March 31 (Reuters) - Rescuers used cranes and ropes to look for survivors a day after the roof of a well collapsed in a temple complex in central India killing 36 people and injuring 16, a government official said on Friday. Stampedes and accidents in religious places are not uncommon in India, where lack of crowd control and cramped spaces can spell danger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences and announced compensation for the dead and injured in the incident. Reporting by Saurabh Sharma; writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Stephen Coates, Gerry Doyle, William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Weather threatens Indian winter crops just before harvesting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Rajendra Jadhav | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, March 15 (Reuters) - Untimely rains and hailstorms could damage India's key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas just before harvesting begins for plants that have already suffered some heat stress, industry and weather department officials said. India's weather department has warned key growing states in central, northern, and western regions could receive more rain and hailstorms in the next 10 days. "Rainfall and hailstorms are raising concerns, since harvesting of winter crops just started. Farmers usually start planting wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas in October and November, and harvest them from the end of February. The maximum temperature in some wheat growing areas jumped above 39 degrees Celsius earlier this month, nearly seven degrees Celsius above normal, according to weather department data.

☆ India's top court rejects govt plea seeking more compensation for Bhopal gas disaster victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Arpan Chaturvedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A view of the Indian Supreme Court building is seen in New Delhi December 7, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurNEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the government's plea seeking more compensation from Union Carbide Corporation for victims of a gas leak in the central Indian city of Bhopal that resulted in one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Following the disaster, the government sued Union Carbide and the company agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement of $470 million in damages in 1989. The government approached the country's top court in 2010 seeking enhanced compensation for the victims. Dow Chemical, which now owns Union Carbide, denied liability, saying it bought the company a decade after Union Carbide settled its liabilities with the Indian government.

☆ Two Indian Air Force jets crash - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW DELHI Jan 28 (Reuters) - Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed in Madhya Pradesh state and the neighbouring desert state of Rajasthan, local officials said on Saturday. "I can confirm that two aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force crashed in our jurisdiction," said A. K. Verma, a local administrator in Madhya Pradesh state. The status of the third crew member wasn't immediately clear, while no details were released on the crew of the second plane. Verma said defence ministry officials were heading to the crash site. Officials in the federal defence ministry said they were gathering details from the Rajasthan crash site and a team has been rushed to the location from the nearest Air Force stations.

☆ No spending spree likely in last full Indian budget before 2024 election: Reuters poll
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Vivek Mishra | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BENGALURU, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Indian government will focus on fiscal consolidation in its Feb. 1 budget, the last full one before a 2024 general election, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said slowing economic growth would limit it from spending more. That will likely limit the government's ability to provide relief to households and businesses facing an uneven recovery from the pandemic. Economic growth likely slowed sharply to an annual 4.6% in the December quarter from 6.3% reported in the preceding quarter. Sitharaman's expected fiscal prudence coincides with state assembly elections in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in 2023, which would likely discourage the government from making deep cuts to social welfare. Among those who expect it to be a more populist budget, some said the government would announce new subsidies, an increase in healthcare and rural spending to boost jobs.

☆ India is harnessing renewable energy through the world's biggest solar farm. Here's how it happened.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( James O'Malley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Meanwhile, the world's richest countries pledged to contribute to a fund that would help developing countries deal with climate disasters. Since construction began in 2015, Bhadla Solar Park has slowly grown to cover an enormous 5,700-hectare desert site with solar panels. Sustainable financeThe park was built in four phases, with each field of solar panels larger than the last. "Transmission lines take about ten times as long to build as it takes to put up solar panels," Mukherjee said. "When you see technology costs dropping, sometimes precipitously like they have with solar panels, then the opportunity to do more just grows and grows."

☆ Factbox: Some of the world's worst stampedes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

April 1998: One hundred and nineteen Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the haj in Saudi Arabia. Feb 2004: A stampede kills 251 Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia near Jamarat Bridge during the haj ritual stoning of the devil. Jan 2005: At least 265 Hindu pilgrims are killed in a crush near a remote temple in India's Maharashtra state. July 2010: A stampede kills 19 people and injures 342 when people push through a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival in Duisburg, Germany. Sept 2015: At least 717 Muslim pilgrims are killed and 863 injured in a crush at the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

☆ India reintroduced 8 cheetahs after the big cats were wiped out 70 years ago — but some scientists say it's more of a PR stunt than a conservation effort
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Cheetahs are being reintroduced to India after being declared extinct in the country in 1952. The reintroduction effort is aimed at creating a viable population of wild cheetahs. Some experts are critical of the plan, saying it's more like a large "zoo" than a wild population. The reintroduction plan, which is estimated to cost about $11 million, aims to establish a viable, free-ranging population of cheetahs. "The cheetah is a magnificent animal, it's a big magnet for ecotourism," Jhala told National Geographic.

☆ O nouă tulpină mutantă a variantei Delta, descoperită în India; Ce știu medicii despre Delta Plus
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaO nouă tulpină mutantă a variantei Delta, descoperită în India; Ce știu medicii despre Delta PlusAutorităţile sanitare din India au anunţat marţi descoperirea a 22 de cazuri de infectare cu o mutaţie a variantei Delta a coronavirusului, denumită Delta Plus. Însă în timp ce acest val epidemic scade în intensitate în India, atenţia a început să se îndrepte către Delta Plus, o variantă apropiată celei răspândite. Delta Plus a fost deja identificată în opt alte ţări în afara Indiei, a mai spus Rajesh Bhushan, transmite Digi24. Totuşi, pe baza a ceea ce se ştie până în prezent despre transmisibilitatea şi virulenţa ei, Delta Plus este cel puţin deocamdată considerată în India „variantă de interes” (VOI), nu „variantă care determină îngrijorare” (VOC), cum este cazul variantei Delta. „Focarele par deocamdată mici în privinţa numărului (îmbolnăvirilor), dar nu dorim ca ea să devină mai semnificativă”, a spus Bhushan despre noua variantă identificată.

Persons: atenţia, El Organizations: Plus, Delta, OMS Locations: India, anunţat, indian Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Rajesh, indian, Mumbai, Indiei

În ultimele 24 de ore, în India au fost raportate 326.098 de cazuri de îmbolnăvire cu Covid-19, cea mai mică creștere a numărului de cazuri din ultimele trei săptămâni. Bilanțul total al cazurilor din india a ajuns la 24,37 de milioane. Alte 3.890 de decese au fost raportate. În ultima săptămână, numărul de cazuri din India a crescut cu 1,7 milioane, iar peste 20.000 de oameni au murit din cauza îmbolnăvirii. Cazuri de mucormicoză au fost raportate însă într-o mulțime de alte state – în Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan sau Odisha.

Persons: Dr ., Gupta Locations: India, india, Thane, Maharashtra, Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan

☆ „Ciuperca neagră”, infecția care afectează pacienții cu Covid din India s-a răspândit în mai multe orașe
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

Cazuri de mucormicoză au fost raportate însă într-o mulțime de alte state – în Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan sau Odisha. Medicii cred că mucormicoza apare la pacienții cu Covid din cauza folosirii steroizilor, un tratament necesar pentru cei în stare extrem de gravă. De asemenea, ciuperca mai apare și la persoanele cu un sistem imunitar compromis și poate apărea și ca infecție nosocomială. Ministrul sănătății al guvernului local din Maharasthra, cel mai afectat stat, spune că doar această regiune înregistrează cel puțin 2.000 de cazuri de mucormicoză la pacienți Covid. Valul mortal al pandemiei de coronavirus care a lovit India luna trecută a îngenunchiat sistemul medical al țării.

Persons: Dr ., Gupta, Dr . Gaurav Kumar, Manohar Locations: Covid, India, Thane, Maharashtra, Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan

☆ Imagini șocante din India. Un cadavru cade dintr-o ambulanță deteriorată (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Sistemul medical din India, și așa fragil, este în pragul colapsului. Un videoclip recent arată corpul unui pacient COVID-19 care cade pe stradă dintr-o ambulanță veche și deteriorată, relatează Business Insider. Un oficial medical a declarat ulterior că ambulanța era veche și fusese donată de o organizație neguvernamentală. Mai multe țări și-au anunțat intenția, în ultimele zile, de a ajuta India, țară în care al doilea val al pandemiei de coronavirus a adus sistemul medical în colaps. În spitalele din India, rezervele de oxigen se epuizează rapid, numărul de cazuri grave, care trebuie conectați la ventilatoare, crescând constant.

Persons: coronavirus Organizations: Indian Express Locations: India, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

Seria se bazează pe un roman publicat de unul dintre scriitorii indieni de frunte, Vikram Seth, şi urmăreşte o tânără fată aflată în căutarea unui soţ. Serialul ,,are scene extrem de inacceptabile, care au rănit sentimentele unei anumite religii”, a declarat pe Twitter Narottam Mishra, ministrul de interne al statului Madhya Pradesh din centrul Indiei. Un purtător de cuvânt al Netflix India a refuzat să comenteze plângerea adresată poliţiei. Mulţi indieni au cerut pe Twitter boicotarea Netflix, care vede în India una dintre cele mai promiţătoare pieţe la nivel mondial, dar unde seriile sale s-au confruntat cu o serie de probleme legale. La începutul acestei luni, guvernul indian a anunţat reguli care reglementează conţinutul de pe platformele de streaming video, fiind vizate Netflix, Amazon Prime şi Hotstar, aparţinând companiei Walt Disney.

Persons: Vikram Seth, Producţia, Mira Nair, Gaurav Organizations: Amazon Prime, Walt Disney Locations: Madhya Pradesh, Indiei, justiţie, India, creaţie

☆ (video) „Are scene extrem de inacceptabile”. Netflix India, criticat pentru o scenă în care o fată hindusă sărută un băiat musulman
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Aleg Sa Mă Scufund În Oameni Ca În Mare | Fără Teamă Să Înot. | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(video) „Are scene extrem de inacceptabile”. Serialul „are scene extrem de inacceptabile, care au rănit sentimentele unei anumite religii”, a declarat pe Twitter Narottam Mishra, ministrul de interne al statului Madhya Pradesh din centrul Indiei. Un purtător de cuvânt al Netflix India a refuzat să comenteze plângerea adresată poliției. Mulți indieni au cerut pe Twitter boicotarea Netflix, care vede în India una dintre cele mai promițătoare piețe la nivel mondial, dar unde seriile sale s-au confruntat cu o serie de probleme legale. La începutul acestei luni, guvernul indian a anunțat reguli care reglementează conținutul de pe platformele de streaming video, fiind vizate Netflix, Amazon Prime și Hotstar, aparținând companiei Walt Disney.

Persons: Vikram Seth, Mira Nair, Gaurav Organizations: AGERPRES, Amazon Prime, Walt Disney Locations: India, Madhya Pradesh, Indiei

„Băiatul a dus fata într-un loc din apropierea casei lui și i-a zdrobit capul cu pietre”, au transmis anchetatorii. După crimă, copilul s-a ascuns în baia familiei, unde a fost găsit de poliție, după mai multe ore.Corpul fetiței a fost descoperit de familia care o căuta, transmite Times of India. Cazul șocant s-a petrecut la scurt timp după ce un student s-a sinucis, tot în India, cel mai probabil din cauza faptului că jocul video PUBG a fost interzis de guvern. Tot în statul asiatic, un adolescent a cheltuit economiile familiei, echivalentul a peste 21.000 de dolari, în jocul video PUBG. Băiatul de 17 ani a folosit conturile părinților pentru a face achiziții în joc, pentru el și prietenii lui.

Organizations: Xbox Locations: Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Times, India, Bengalul de Vest, asiatic, Moldova, Orhei

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