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Latest census reveals India is home to over 3,000 tigers

STORY: Latest census reveals India is home to over 3,000 tigers DATELINE: April 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of tigers STORYLINE: The latest tiger census data released by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday revealed India is home to 3,167 tigers. The figures were released by Modi in Mysuru of Karnataka on the occasion of 50 years of India's Project Tiger. According to data presented on the occasion, there were 1,411 tigers in 2006. The number grew to 1,706 in 2010. In 2014, the population went to 2,226. "With only 2.4 percent of the world's land area, India contributes to about 8 percent of the known global diversity," Modi said. Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to protect the big cat and ensure its long-term survival. At present, India has 51 tiger reserves spread across 18 states. Xinhua News Agency correspondent reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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INDIA-MYSURU-PRIME MINISTER-INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

(220621) -- MYSURU, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) performs yoga along with people on the International Yoga Day in Mysuru, India, June 21, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-MYSURU-PRIME MINISTER-INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

(220621) -- MYSURU, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) performs yoga along with people on the International Yoga Day in Mysuru, India, June 21, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-MYSURU-PRIME MINISTER-INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

(220621) -- MYSURU, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) performs yoga along with people on International Yoga Day at the Mysuru Palace, in Mysuru, India, June 21, 2022. (Xinhua/UNI)

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INDIA-MYSURU-PRIME MINISTER-INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

(220621) -- MYSURU, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) performs yoga along with people on International Yoga Day at the Mysuru Palace, in Mysuru, India, June 21, 2022. (Xinhua/UNI)

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Combating Zika virus with guppy fish in India

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2016, in Mysuru, India, shows Somashekar Gowda (front), who has been breeding and distributing guppies (poecilia reticulata) for free in mosquito-prone areas. The freshwater fish feeds on mosquito larvae and thereby keeps the breeding of mosquitoes in check to a large extent amid a global alert over the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Combating Zika virus with guppy fish in India

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2016, in Mysuru, India, shows freshwater guppies (poecilia reticulata). Guppies feed on mosquito larvae and thereby keep the breeding of mosquitoes in check to a large extent amid a global alert over the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo