Pesticide poisoning also threatens vultures across the country. On March 17, 2022, Kamrup district in Assam reported 97 vulture deaths after they consumed two pesticide-smeared carcasses that had been kept by farmers to kill stray dogs. Here, a Himalayan Griffon, Egyptian vulture and Eurasian Griffon are seen in Jorbeer.
Pesticide poisoning also threatens vultures across the country. On March 17, 2022, Kamrup district in Assam reported 97 vulture deaths after they consumed two pesticide-smeared carcasses that had been kept by farmers to kill stray dogs. Here, a Himalayan Griffon, Egyptian vulture and Eurasian Griffon are seen in Jorbeer.
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve in Bikaner, Rajasthan, is littered with plastic and other non-biodegradable waste that spills out from animal carcasses dumped for birds’ consumption in the protected area. The plastic waste pollutes the land and risks further consumption bt birds and livestock around the reserve.
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve in Bikaner, Rajasthan, is littered with plastic and other non-biodegradable waste that spills out from animal carcasses dumped for birds’ consumption in the protected area. The plastic waste pollutes the land and risks further consumption bt birds and livestock around the reserve.
The country’s vulture population crashed from over 40,000 in 2003 to 18,645 in 2015, according to the last vulture census conducted by intergovernmental body Bird Life International. Here, an Egyptian vulture is seen in Jorbeer.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi, in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic over 25,000 people have died in the national capital since the beginning of the pandemic - more in the devastating second wave than the first.
At Hindon River, a tributary of the Yamuna, which originates in the Saharanpur district from Uttar Pradesh. Most household waste from nearby areas is dumped in the river.
At Hindon River, a tributary of the Yamuna, which originates in the Saharanpur district from Uttar Pradesh. Most household waste from nearby areas is dumped in the river.
At Hindon River, a tributary of the Yamuna, which originates in the Saharanpur district from Uttar Pradesh. Most household waste from nearby areas is dumped in the river.
Leaders of the SKM declared the Bharat bandh a success and as having nailed the “lie of the government’s propaganda”. Here, a journalist gives a piece to camera from atop a tractor at Ghazipur.
Farmers from Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the joint front of farmer unions as well as trade unions, organisations of youth and students and political parties, held joint protests. Here, members of SKM sit in protest at Ghazipur, which is on the National Highway 24.
There were reports from both, Punjab and Haryana, of national highways, state highways, link roads and railway tracks being completely blocked, bringing road and rail traffic to a halt. In other states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the shutdown evoked a mixed response. Here, two protestors sit near barricades put up by the administration at Ghazipur.
The response at Ghazipur was not much. However, the Bharat bandh was total in states like Punjab, Haryana, Kerala and Bihar, according to SKM. All kinds of institutions, markets and transport were closed in these states from 6 AM to 4 PM.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.
A group of 17 farmers began an indefinite zameen Samadhi in Lone town in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on September 15, by digging trenches and threatening to stay put until their demands are met. The farmers seek a fourfold increase in compensation for the land they had sold to the state’s housing board in 2010, in accordance with the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act that came into effect three years after this deal was made. They also demand a repeal of the Union government’s three new farm laws related to agricultural marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities.