On the occasion of World Environment Day, the makers have released the critically acclaimed 'HARGILA - The Greater Adjutant Stork' for public viewing on YouTube.

In Northeastern India’s Assam, women have joined forces to save the resident greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius), known locally as the hargila, which was long considered a “dirty ...

Members of the Hargila Army in Dadara Village, Assam, India, throw a baby shower for Greater Adjutant stork chicks. This one was held on December 12, 2024.

Hargila, literally meaning ‘bone swallower’, is the local name for the endangered greater adjutant stork. Capping an unrelenting campaign since 2007, Barman today runs the India chapter of Women in ...

The only Indian in TIME ’s Women of the Year 2025, Barman has mobilised 20,000 women in Assam in her efforts to conserve the endangered greater adjutant stork Updated - March 18, 2025 10:50 am IST ...

In 2023, thanks to Barman's work, the stork was moved from endangered status under the International Union for Conservation of Nature's classification to ¿near threatened.¿ ...

Now, Dr Barman has become as much identified with the bird as she identifies herself as 'Stork Sister'. Her X profile image shows her proudly wearing a traditional mekhala-chador with the Greater ...

New York, Feb 20 (PTI) An Indian biologist and wildlife conservationist has been named by Time Magazine among this year’s ‘Women of the Year’ in a list that honours “extraordinary leaders” working ...

Indian biologist Purnima Devi Barman among Time Magazine's 2025 list of 'Women of the Year' Supporting Barman in her efforts is her “Hargila Army”—a team of “some 20,000 women who protect ...