Bharat Ratna demanded for Dr. Salim Ali

    By TCN News,

    Aligarh: Prof. H. S. A. Yahya, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University delivered the keynote address Beneficial and harmful role of birds in relation to Agriculture at an International Seminar held at Coimbatore.

    Prof. Yahya urged the Government of India to bestow India’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on Dr. Salim Ali, the doyen of ornithology and one of the founding fathers of Bombay Natural History Society. He said that Dr. Ali’s contributions for conservation of biodiversity, birds and natural resources of the country were unparallel.