JNU signed an MoU with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) focused on the creation of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) which will work closely with the overseas Indian diaspora to understand new and emerging employment challenges and opportunities.
Cheetahs went extinct in India in 1952 and the reintroduction project is now in its final stages with a few big cats set to be housed in KNP after being brought in from the southern parts of Africa.
The state government should ensure that the radio collars are brought at the earliest, he said.The cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss.
Experts express skepticism at government’s ambitious project to import cheetahs from South Africa to reintroduce them into Indian forests - Anadolu Agency