A man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur for allegedly beating his 55-year-old mother to death over refusing to give him money to purchase alcohol, police said on Sunday.

India’s cheetah reintroduction program will achieve a historic milestone as Mukhi, an India-born cub, reaches adulthood at Kuno National Park on Monday. Her survival, despite siblings’ deaths, underscores the project’s success, with Kuno’s cub survival rate exceeding 61%. Officials plan to expand the gene pool, proving cheetahs can thrive and reproduce in Indian conditions.

Shashi Tharoor noted the need for a national framework of rules and safety protocols to prevent similar tragedies in the future