The Indian state of Kerala has decided to celebrate the Wildlife Week next month by paying tribute to the legendary Australian crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. The Kerala Forest Ministry will name the state-run crocodile breeding centre after the…
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Rising ocean temperatures are responsible for boosting hurricane-growths. And when it happens in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, who can save the coastal countries fro its lash? And, it is we, — the human beings –.
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Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus. It is the year’s most major Hindu festival mostly celebrated in Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam and other parts of East India as well as in Bangladesh. Although a Hindu festival, people from many…
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After the Aussie Feminist icon Germaine Greer’s admonishment of the deceased Animal Planet Crocodile Hunter kicking up criticisms across the world for herself, it is now the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that..
Do you know how clean your country is?! A coalition of statistics on population density, water sanitation and hygiene for 100 countries throws up disturbing trends. Here it goes:
– There is a direct link between sanitation and infant mortality…
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If you really want to see government myopia in action, you only have to read the newspaper these days about sealing commercial establishments in india’s capital – Delhi. Without so much as a passing moment of doubt, the establishments included as…
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Childhood leukemia has increased five-fold since the early 1900s! And the scientists are blaming pesticides or chemicals in the environment as the main culprits behind it.
Though compared to 40-50 years ago, fewer children actually die from blood.
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The outcries of the environmental groups are finally heard. The low-flying helicopter tourism tours over Peru’s biggest tourist attraction — the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu – have been severely affecting a number of rare animals and plants.
The…
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These two little newborns are no new species discovered! They are ‘Albino Pygmy Monkey Twins’. These photographs are taken shortly after their birth. Exceedingly rare, they have hit the headlines not for their being twins, but because they’re…
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What a barbarous crime! Is shooting out 1,000 baby pheasants’ brains a sport? Perhaps not for us! — leaving aside the conservationists, environmentalists, and animal lovers.
But it is so for Madonna – shooting the brains of 1,000 baby pheasants out! ..
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