What Indian cows really need

changes, such as reduced land for pastoral use, reduced need for bulls for agriculture, and lack of a policy specifically to conserve these breeds of cows.

Local breeds are likely to weather droughts, heat and be able to feed of locally available feedstock better than other breeds and cross-breeds.

Besides, they are part of India’s rich generic pool and preserving them, along with other types of bio-diversity, is protecting our heritage.

This I see as the first step to protecting cows — to respecting their diversity and ensuring it survives. What is the role of a gau rakshak (cow protector) here? I believe it is only one to take upon themselves the task of lovingly nurturing and bringing up one or more cow breeds, ensuring they proliferate and their generic pool is conserved. That is the only type of gau rakshak our cows need. Anything else is irrelevant and irresponsible.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday registered a case against a Chandigarh based company and three of its directors for allegedly cheating the Punjab National Bank (PNB) of over ₹1,300 crore, an official said here.

The case has been registered against Kudos Chemie Ltd, Chandigarh, and its three directors Jitendra Singh, Kabir Sodhi and Gurmeet Sodhi, under several offences including criminal conspiracy and cheating.

The case was registered following a complaint by PNB that the three directors along with several unknown persons siphoned off ₹1,301 crore by availing the credit facilities availed by them using false and fabricated documents. The CBI also conducted raids in Chandigarh and Mohali area in connection with the case.

In another incident, the CBI also registered cases against a Jabalpur-based firm and four of its directors for siphoning off nearly ₹44 crore from a Madhya Pradesh bank.