It is not just India’s gross domestic product that has seen a remarkable recovery in recent months, posting growth of 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of financial year 2023-24. The country’s declining leopard population has also seen an upward trajectory of a just-as-impressive 8 per cent. According to a recent report released by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change, India is now home to 13,874 leopards. Back in 2018, the...