International Big Cat Alliance endorses Bhupender Yadav as President

Key Points

• 1The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) endorsed Bhupender Yadav as President at its first assembly.
• 2Former IFS SP Yadav was endorsed as IBCA’s director general.
• 3Delegations from Bhutan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Suriname, Somalia, Republic of Guinea, Eswatini and India ratified decisions taken by the IBCA.
• 4The ratification of the headquarter agreement signed by IBCA with India enabled the body to establish its headquarters and other offices in the host country.
• 5The minister held meetings with delegations from Liberia, Somalia, Cambodia, Eswatini and Guinea.
• 6India agreed to work closely with Kazakhstan on snow leopard breeding.