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Modi to reintroduce cheetahs to India after extinction in 1950s

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his birthday by releasing Namibian cheetahs into the wild in central India to burnish his conservationist credentials over an animal made extinct by colonial hunters and shrinking grasslands.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

'Project Cheetah' proposal was prepared in 2008-09, approved by Manmohan Singh govt: Congress

The cheetahs that would be released are from Namibia and have been brought under an MoU signed earlier this year.

The Hindu · Sep 16, 2022

PM Modi to release cheetahs brought from Namibia in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park

The introduction of cheetah in India is being done under Project Cheetah, which is the world's first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2022

Family killed on dream holiday as aircraft nosedived into river moments after take-off

The Rings family from Germany had been staying at a river lodge in Namibia when they were picked up by pilot Nicole Mienie in the Cessna 210 high-wing plane for a short two-hour flight when tragedy struck

Daily Mirror · Aug 31, 2022

North Lanarkshire Titans pull off signing coup with Manuel 'Lito' Carballo appointment

The Namibian national has taken charge of the senior team and development operations, 'turning down big offers' to join Titans

Daily Record · Aug 28, 2022

F1 | Lewis Hamilton says he is 'fully transformed' by Africa trip

Lewis Hamilton documented across social media his Africa trip to Namibia, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, noting that they were “some of the best days of my entire life”

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2022

Leopards, signatures stall African cheetahs’ India journey

Around 35 cheetahs would be needed over time to establish a sustainable population in India

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2022

9,000km trip for cheetahs from Africa to cosy Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

KUNO-PALPUR: Rarely, if ever, an air cargo is marked ‘endangered’. But it will be so when a dozen cheetahs from Namibia travel halfway around the world to their new home in Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district.

The Times of India · Aug 10, 2022

African coast dubbed 'Gates of Hell' home to lions, sharks and more than 1000 shipwrecks

Hundreds of wrecks dating as far back as 500 years can be found along the 500km stretch of desert on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, which is inhabited only by wild animals

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

West Lothian boxer guarantees Commonwealth Games medal after quarter-final victory over reigning champion

The 21-year-old controlled his bout with Namibia's Jonas Junias Jonas to guarantee himself at least a bronze medal in Birmingham.

Daily Record · Aug 3, 2022