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‘You Found a Home, I Found Mine’: Inside TBI Employees’ Stories With Rescued Pets

‘You Found a Home, I Found Mine’: Inside TBI Employees’ Stories With Rescued Pets

 Have you ever looked into the eyes of a dog that waits for you on the street when you’re late? The way it lights up the moment you turn into the...

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How Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Is Rebuilding Its Rhino Legacy

How Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Is Rebuilding Its Rhino Legacy

For decades, the Terai saw the one-horned rhinoceros in fragments, until one morning in Dudhwa, the grass began to part again. Then, slowly, they step...

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How a Chance Encounter With Tigress Padmini Sparked India’s Wildlife Revival & Forest Comeback

How a Chance Encounter With Tigress Padmini Sparked India’s Wildlife Revival & Forest Comeback

A documentary camera lingers on a tigress moving through dry grass, no rush in her stride. For many,Legendary Tigers of Indiacaptures the beauty of...

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A Viral Photo, a 70-Year-Old Elephant & the Story of Where She Came From

A Viral Photo, a 70-Year-Old Elephant & the Story of Where She Came From

The viral pink elephant image that sparked a debate A towering elephant, painted an impossible shade of pink, stands against the muted browns of...

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In Nagaland, Communities That Once Trapped Falcons Now Protect Their Migration Route

In Nagaland, Communities That Once Trapped Falcons Now Protect Their Migration Route

“Please enable live tagging of these birds! I would prefer to offload my stress seeing these little war heroes achieving victory rather than swiping...

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Inside a Rajasthan Centre Where Great Indian Bustards Are Raised Carefully for a Return to the Wild

Inside a Rajasthan Centre Where Great Indian Bustards Are Raised Carefully for a Return to the Wild

In a controlled enclosure in Rajasthan, two Great Indian Bustard chicks have just hatched. Small, downy, and still unsteady, they may not look like...

31.03.2026 10

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Inside the Revival of a Garbage-Choked Canal in Tamil Nadu With 20000 Mangrove Plants

Inside the Revival of a Garbage-Choked Canal in Tamil Nadu With 20000 Mangrove Plants

There is a familiar frame that runs through documentaries on India’s environmental crisis. It shows canals thick with plastic, water barely visible...

30.03.2026 10

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How Tamil Nadu Is Making Its Coast Safer for Olive Ridley Turtles to Nest

Under the early light on Tamil Nadu’s coast, hundreds of tiny Olive Ridley hatchlings make their way across the sand. They move in short, uneven...

25.03.2026 20

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How One Tigress Is Helping Bring Tigers Back to Maharashtra’s Sahyadri Forests

In the forests of western Maharashtra, a tigress named Hirkani has begun a new chapter. Officially identified as STR-06, she was released into the...

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How One Woman Helped 22000 Women in Rajasthan Turn Embroidery Into Income & Independence

In a small village in Barmer, a group of women once gathered around a single second-hand sewing machine, each contributing Rs 100 to buy it. For most...

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