NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed concerned organizations to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh.
Asiatic lions will now have a second home in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno
wildlife sanctuary as the apex court permitted their relocation in
limited numbers from Gujarat's Gir forest.
The Supreme Court rejected Narendra Modi
government's refusal to allow translocation of lions. The state had
said these animals were pride of Gujarat. The court said Asiatic lions
were extremely endangered and all efforts against extinction should be
tried, including translocation in limited numbers.
The court
has also constituted a large expert body to decide the number of lions
to be relocated and closely monitor their translocation in Madhya
Pradesh.
A bench of Justices KS Radhakrishnan and CK Prasad has
given six months time to the wildlife authorities concerned for
trans-locating the lions. Currently, there are around 400 Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary.
The bench, however, said the introduction of African cheetahs in India
from Namibia cannot be allowed, saying preservation of critically
endangered native species, like the wild buffalo and the Great Indian
Bustard, should be given primacy. Under its Rs 300 crore
Cheetah Reintroduction Programme, the Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MoEF) had proposed the introduction of the African Cheetahs in
the country.
The apex court, however, in May last year had stayed the implementation of the project.
The Gujarat government has been fighting a legal battle in the apex
court against trans-location of lions in the wake of a PIL seeking their
trans-location to Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh
had last year sought translocation of lions to Kuno Palpur sanctuary,
claiming it has all the wherewithal to ensure harmonious environment to
the threatened species.
Gujarat had opposed the plea of Madhya
Pradesh, saying lions would not be safe there as the central state had
failed to preserve its own tiger population in the Panna reserve forest.
Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, including 83 of natural death, in
the past two years in Gujarat's Saurashtra region while there has been
no case of poaching.
As per the government data, 46 lions each
died in 2011 and 2012. Out of the total 92 lions dying in the past two
years, 43 were cubs, 29 female and 20 male felines.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Times Higher Education ranks top-10 institutions in India
NEW DELHI: In its latest World Reputation Rankings for 2013, Times Higher Education magazine,
(THE) UK, for the first time, has released an India top-10 list.
According to THE India Reputation Rankings, Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bangalore, is in the first position, followed by IIT Bombay, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi
respectively. The University of Delhi takes the sixth place — the first
full-fledged university on the list.
The reputation rankings, a spin-off of the annual THE World University Rankings, are based on subjective, but expert judgement of senior, published academics.
As to why an India-specific ranking, Phil Baty, editor, THE Rankings, in an exclusive interview to The Times of India, says that the world of higher education is interested in the country's development, and its huge potential, and there is a strong demand from within India for data, which helps people to map the rapidly changing higher education landscape. IIT Madras (7), IIT Kharagpur (8), Aligarh Muslim University (9) and University of Hyderabad (10) are the other names, which feature in the list.
However, globally, not a single Indian institution has made it to the top 100 of the 'World Reputation Rankings 2013.' While Harvard University tops the list, it is followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.
THE revealed that if the rankings were to list more than top-100, IISc Bangalore would be 130th, IIT Bombay in the 192nd place, with all other Indian institutions falling outside the global top-200.
How is India faring vis-a-vis the global education market? Baty points out that India needs to improve research capacity in universities, with better co-ordination of university research and industrial research, besides addressing the issue of low spending per student.
For the full rankings, visit www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings
The reputation rankings, a spin-off of the annual THE World University Rankings, are based on subjective, but expert judgement of senior, published academics.
As to why an India-specific ranking, Phil Baty, editor, THE Rankings, in an exclusive interview to The Times of India, says that the world of higher education is interested in the country's development, and its huge potential, and there is a strong demand from within India for data, which helps people to map the rapidly changing higher education landscape. IIT Madras (7), IIT Kharagpur (8), Aligarh Muslim University (9) and University of Hyderabad (10) are the other names, which feature in the list.
However, globally, not a single Indian institution has made it to the top 100 of the 'World Reputation Rankings 2013.' While Harvard University tops the list, it is followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.
THE revealed that if the rankings were to list more than top-100, IISc Bangalore would be 130th, IIT Bombay in the 192nd place, with all other Indian institutions falling outside the global top-200.
How is India faring vis-a-vis the global education market? Baty points out that India needs to improve research capacity in universities, with better co-ordination of university research and industrial research, besides addressing the issue of low spending per student.
For the full rankings, visit www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings
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