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Rhino Conservation in India
India's rhino is the greater one-horned rhinoceros, and Assam carries most of the world's stock of it. On World Rhino Day, 22 September 2026, the Prime Minister shared that a Project Rhino has been set going to back the States where the animal still lives.
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New card on India's rhino: the greater one-horned rhinoceros, Assam's near-80 percent share of the world's rhinos, Kaziranga's anti-poaching record, the return of rhinos in Bihar and West Bengal, the Dudhwa reintroduction, and Project Rhino, which the Prime Minister said on 22 September 2026 has been set going for the range States.
- greater one-horned rhinoceros
- Project Rhino
- Kaziranga
- Dudhwa
- World Rhino Day
- Assam wildlife
- rhino poaching
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