Good news from the wild. The union environment ministry has said that there has been over 60% increase in population of leopards in India since 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated those working on the conservation of leopards on Tuesday morning for the rise in population. There were at least 12,852 leopards in the country in 2018 compared to 7,910 leopards estimated in 2014, according to the ministry’s ‘Status of Leopards in India 2018’ report released on Monday.