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News Reports

“Hugging with cow will bring emotional richness”: Animal Welfare Board urges citizens to observe ‘Cow Hug Day’ on February 14

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2023

The Animal Welfare Board of India has asked citizens to observe February 14 as "Cow Hug Day"

News Reports

Cheetahs return to India: The attempt to reintroduce the big cat 7 decades after they went extinct in the country

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2022

Project Cheetah chief informed that Kuno was chosen for the rehabilitation of cheetahs due to the presence of large grasslands, small hills and forests.

Opinions

PETA India wants to shut down the entire dairy industry to prevent cow slaughter, but there is another solution

Akshita Bhadauria - 30 May, 2021

Instead of snatching away livelihoods of 8.4 million diary farmers, PETA India can promote animal shelters

News Reports

Animal Welfare Board issues notice to producers of Tamil movie Eeswaran for using CGI snake without taking permission

Aditi - 20 November, 2020

AWB says that producers violated Performing Animals (Registration) Rules, 2001 by using a computer-generated snake in the movie

News Reports

After the Kerala elephant case, 12 arrested for killing a jackal in Tamil Nadu using country-made explosives

OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2020

The Forest Department in Tamil Nadu also investigated as to how the accused had got hold of the country bombs.

Government and Policy

It is unfortunate that some people think we have gone back to 16th century as soon as they hear ‘Om’ or ‘cow’: PM Modi...

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2019

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching a mega farmer welfare scheme from Mathura, expressed anguish at those who think that discussing cows and Hinduism is regressive.

Crime