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Missing in action, Uttarakhand's goral and barking deer

By Rajat Ghai Dehradun, May 18 (IANS) They have populated the Himalayan forests of Uttarakhand for centuries. One, a goat-antelope that is elusive, shy and retreating. The other, a species of small deer whose alarm call resounds in the forests, warning jungle folk about a lurking carnivore like a tiger or a leopard.

Hot Thursday in Delhi, similar weather Friday

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) It was a hot day in the capital Thursday with partly cloudy skies and the maximum temperature settling a notch above average at 38.2 degrees Celsius. The met office has forecast similar weather Friday. ...
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Community sewage project to end open defecation in Delhi colony

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Open defecation in Savda Ghevra, one of Delhi's largest resettlement neighbourhoods, could end soon with the Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence(CURE), a non-profit organisation, bringing an award-winning sewage plan to the 250-acre enclave. ...
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Indefinite hunger strike against Kudankulam N-plant called off

Chennai, May 15 (IANS) The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) leading the protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Tuesday announced its decision of call off its indefinite hunger strike while continuing with the relay fasting. ...
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Bihar village dreams big for its peacocks!

By Imran Khan Madhopur (Bihar), May 15 (IANS) A wave of excitement has swept Bihar's Madhopur-Gobind village, home to around 500 peacocks. For years, people here have proudly co-existed with the national bird, and now the state government is contemplating developing it as 'mayur vihar', a protected site for the bird. ...
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Colourful birds evolve faster

Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that bird species with multiple plumage evolve into new species faster than those with only one colour form, confirming a 60-year-old evolution theory. ...
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Evidence from octopus hints at ice sheet collapse

Sydney, May 10 (IANS) Genetic evidence from an Antarctic octopus indicates that the West Antarctic ice sheet - one of the world's major ice sheets - could collapse if temperatures keep climbing. ...
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Kashmir's spiral-horned Markhor goat in peril

By Rajat Ghai New Delhi/Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) It is an animal that is as much an icon of Kashmir as the beautiful Dal Lake and its shikaras. The magnificent spiral-horned Markhor, the largest member of the goat family, has for centuries inhabited the high mountains of Kashmir. But human greed and interference have placed this graceful animal on the 'critically endangered' list with barely 350 members remaining. ...
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Coolers, sheds, mangos...beating summer blues at Delhi Zoo

By Prathiba Raju New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The coolers are on as are the water sprinklers. Bread is off the menu and kheer, melon, cucumber and ayurvedic medicines have been brought in. Delhi Zoo's 1,300 inmates are set to chill out this summer. ...
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Bats, whales have surprisingly similar bio-sonars

Copenhagen, May 9 (IANS) Though they evolved separately over millennia in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behaviour to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar. ...
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Missing in action, Uttarakhand's goral and barking deer

By Rajat Ghai Dehradun, May 18 (IANS) They have populated the Himalayan forests of Uttarakhand for centuries. One, a goat-antelope that is elusive, shy and retreating. The other, a species of small deer whose alarm call resounds in the forests, warning jungle folk about a lurking carnivore like a tiger or a leopard.

Hot Thursday in Delhi, similar weather Friday

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) It was a hot day in the capital Thursday with partly cloudy skies and the maximum temperature settling a notch above average at 38.2 degrees Celsius. The met office has forecast similar weather Friday.

Community sewage project to end open defecation in Delhi colony

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Open defecation in Savda Ghevra, one of Delhi's largest resettlement neighbourhoods, could end soon with the Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence(CURE), a non-profit organisation, bringing an award-winning sewage plan to the 250-acre enclave.

Indefinite hunger strike against Kudankulam N-plant called off

Chennai, May 15 (IANS) The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) leading the protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Tuesday announced its decision of call off its indefinite hunger strike while continuing with the relay fasting.

Bihar village dreams big for its peacocks!

By Imran Khan Madhopur (Bihar), May 15 (IANS) A wave of excitement has swept Bihar's Madhopur-Gobind village, home to around 500 peacocks. For years, people here have proudly co-existed with the national bird, and now the state government is contemplating developing it as 'mayur vihar', a protected site for the bird.

Colourful birds evolve faster

Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that bird species with multiple plumage evolve into new species faster than those with only one colour form, confirming a 60-year-old evolution theory.

Evidence from octopus hints at ice sheet collapse

Sydney, May 10 (IANS) Genetic evidence from an Antarctic octopus indicates that the West Antarctic ice sheet - one of the world's major ice sheets - could collapse if temperatures keep climbing.

Kashmir's spiral-horned Markhor goat in peril

By Rajat Ghai New Delhi/Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) It is an animal that is as much an icon of Kashmir as the beautiful Dal Lake and its shikaras. The magnificent spiral-horned Markhor, the largest member of the goat family, has for centuries inhabited the high mountains of Kashmir. But human greed and interference have placed this graceful animal on the 'critically endangered' list with barely 350 members remaining.

Coolers, sheds, mangos...beating summer blues at Delhi Zoo

By Prathiba Raju New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The coolers are on as are the water sprinklers. Bread is off the menu and kheer, melon, cucumber and ayurvedic medicines have been brought in. Delhi Zoo's 1,300 inmates are set to chill out this summer.

Bats, whales have surprisingly similar bio-sonars

Copenhagen, May 9 (IANS) Though they evolved separately over millennia in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behaviour to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar.