Question 1463

The Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change has seeked a five year ban against which news channel for showing the the anti-poaching strategy adopted by guards of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in Assam?

Answer

BBC

Why?

The Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to revoke the visas of BBC’s South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt and his crew, and prevent “their further entry into India, for a period not less than five years.” The move came in the wake of Mr. Rowlatt’s documentary, One World: Killing for Conservation, which explored the anti-poaching strategy adopted by the guards of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Assam while protecting the one-horned Indian Rhino.