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Early bird and little bulbuls Get worms and other treats. Photo: Chandrakantha Ursu
Bulbul, the new sparrow?
They seem to be building their neat, round nests everywhere
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Solairedirect Energy inaugrates 5.6 MW solar park in Rajasthan
The solar park, located near Phalodi in Rajasthan, was commissioned on February 24, 2013, in accordance with the schedules agreed with the Indian authorities and will generate 9,000 MWh (megawatt hours) per annum, enough to power 20,000 Indian households.
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75 km trench to fence-in Sathyamangalam elephants
The forest is home to about 1,000 elephants, 25 tigers, thousands of spotted deer and Black buck.
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Not everyone flew home this summer
The winter migratory birds appear to be adapting to the climate change in a big way and this year despite Delhi witnessing a harsh summer, a large number of them have stayed back at the Okhla Bird...
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Jaipur,
June 19, 2013
23 peacocks found dead in Rajasthan
Twenty-three peacocks were found dead at two different places in Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.
Carcasses of 17 peacocks —five male and 12 female — were found in Nagarfort area in Ton...
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Phnom Penh,
June 18, 2013
UNESCO to increase pressure on Australia to conserve Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Tuesday increased pressure on the Australian government to conserve the Great Barrier Reef.
The committee gave Canberra until next year to present a p...
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CHENNAI,
June 14, 2013
Excessive mining leads to declining coral reefs in Lakshadweep
A drastic decline in the live coral cover in Lakshadweep has been reported, causing serious concern among researchers and naturalists.K. Venkataraman, Director, Zoological Survey of India (Z...
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June 13, 2013
Fighting the fizz
Chharba, a sleepy village in the Vikas Nagar area, about 32 km from Dehra Dun, is emerging as the scene of conflict between development and community rights. The residents of Chharba and...
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KOLKATA,
June 12, 2013
Death toll of elephants knocked down by train rises
Another elephant knocked down by a train near Banarhat in the State’...
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June 11, 2013
From the fringes of the forest
There was a time when Marudhamalai was the hill station closest to the city. It was cool and green. As children, we would pedal up to the foothills, crossing the deep Yaanaipallam. Once, when in C...
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June 9, 2013
Off to pastures new
Territorial clashes and migrating wildcats is not an unusual phenomenon. But when they enter unprotected areas, they run the risk of getting killed in accidents or falling prey to poachers’ evil wa...
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KOLKATA,
June 9, 2013
Royal Bengal Tiger count in Sunderbans is 103
There are more Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans than was earlier thought. Exceeding the estimates of the 2011 census, West Bengal’s Forest Department has announced that the minimum identified...
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June 9, 2013
A polluted harvest
Chronic water scarcity has gripped India as the groundwater table continues to fall at an alarming rate. The current crisis is not just about the disturbed demand-supply curve but mismanagement of...
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June 9, 2013
Failed by rain and the system
The initial spell of rain in Tamil Nadu in the beginning of June came as a huge relief to consumers who rely mostly on public water supply for domestic use.
The showers came at a time whe...
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A regulatory black hole
A leaf out of their forest
Karamana river to get a wash
‘Keep storage tanks clean to prevent water contamination’
New trees for old ones
Bright outlook
Visakhapatnam residential colony faces infrastructure woes
Extracting natural fibre from leaves
CHENNAI,
June 18, 2013
NALCO's second wind power plant on stream
As part of its diversification plans, the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has set up its second wind power plant at Ludarva in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan with a capacity of 47.6 MW....
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CHENNAI,
June 17, 2013
Over 5,000 volunteers scour sands, plumb depths for trash
The city’s beaches got a much-needed facelift on Sunday when as many as 5,584 volunteers set out to clean them up at dawn. The volunteers collected 36.7 tonnes of garbage from the beach sands of t...
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Tiruchi,
June 13, 2013
Corporation pushes for revival of all rain water harvesting structures
Even as the city is faced with a shortage of drinking water supply and depleting ground water table this summer, the City Corporation has decided to revive all rain water harvesting structures tha...
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Bangalore,
June 13, 2013
Time you put the green back in Garden City
The loss of green cover in the city is perceivable. This can obviously be felt in the increase in daytime temperatures and decrease in the number of bird species. The Bruhat Bangalore Ma...
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Dehradun,
June 11, 2013
Dhikala range closed ahead of schedule
Corbett Tiger Reserve’s Dhikala range was closed for tourists on Tuesday, three days ahead of its scheduled annual closure on June 14, due to heavy overnight showers damaging roads in the zone....
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JAIPUR,
June 10, 2013
Gehlot tours the Great Indian Bustard habitat
Barely three days after the Rajasthan government launched a major project for the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot drove to the Desert National Park in Jaisalm...
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New Delhi,
June 9, 2013
Colossal waste
Even as the National Capital Region looks at 10 new landfill sites to dump its ever burgeoning waste in, there is scant attention being paid to the workers’ conditions here. Environmental ha...
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June 9, 2013
In Kerala, a political water war
Drinking water as an issue is reaching boiling point, fanned by political heat in Kerala, which has the highest chemical/bacterial-contaminated drinking water among 28 tested States.Figures...
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June 9, 2013
It’s cheaper and flows freely on rails
When you ask for water at the PMO, you will most likely be served Rail Neer. Foreign dignitaries are offered the same packaged water at the Ministry of External Affairs.That is the brand val...
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June 9, 2013
Why its ‘no’ to tap water
In 2002, the Delhi Jal Board that supplies water in the capital set up its own bottling plant; this, by its own admission, was done to address “quantity, not quality,” issues. Bottled water package...
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The mired marsh
Industrial pollution hits critical mass in Visakhapatnam
Shukla: steps will be taken to improve green cover
There are some new residents at Mysore zoo
All that junk
Visakhapatnam industries showcase eco-friendly initiatives
Jumbos to be fed bamboo leaves grown within zoo
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World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues.
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A series of pictures by The Hindu's photographer K. R Deepak show a fight for a kill between jackals. The photographs won the Special Category Award — Best Story Through Photograph — of Wild Clicks Live National photography contest organised by Nature Wanderers in Pench, Maharashtra, on April 24.
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Officials in Assam are on alert for poachers after surging flood waters forced wildlife out of the park.