15 die of waterborne disease in Pakistan
August 16th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed due to breakout of gastroenteritis disease Monday at a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan of Pakistan's Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa province which has been ... Read more...
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Endangered vultures will be back: Minister
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) As environmentalists raise concern over the near extinction of some species of vultures, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday assured a comeback of the bird, known ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Largest bed of dinosaur bones discovered
June 18th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, June 18 (ANI): Alberta scientists have discovered the largest bed of dinosaur bones near Hilda, 50 km north of Medicine Hat.The discovery also indicates that the beasts were routinely wiped ... Read more...
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Medals of British officer who slept through Indian mutiny up for auction
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 2 (ANI): The medals of a British officer who slept through the bloody Indian uprising in 1857 surrounded by 30,000 rebels in Lucknow and eventually made his miraculous escape wading ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Eleven black bucks found dead in Gujarat
May 12th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
Junagadh (Gujarat), May 12 (ANI): Eleven black bucks have been found dead in Visavadar taluka on the outskirts of Gir forest area in Gujarat's Junagadh District.Officials of forest department are investigating the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
‘60 Minutes’ Focuses On The Sadder Story Associated With The All American Canal
May 3rd, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The All American Canal is acknowledged as one of the significant irrigation assignments of the United States. But something, which very few individuals are aware ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
12 peacocks die due to heat wave
April 28th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 28 (IANS) The severe heat wave has claimed the lives of about a dozen peacocks in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, forest officials said Wednesday."The carcasses of peacocks were found Tuesday ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Fifteen injured during protest against cow slaughter
April 25th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Fifteen people, including five policemen, were injured during a protest over cow slaughter in Vijay Vihar area of outer Delhi Sunday, police said.
The local residents started protesting ... Read more...
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Poachers held with peacock carcasses
April 8th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) Three poachers have been arrested with carcasses of peacocks, which were killed by them in a forest area here, police said Thursday.
The three men, in their ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Six arrested for killing cows in Delhi
March 30th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Six people were arrested Tuesday on charges of killing cows after the chopped heads of four bovines were found near a busy road in south Delhi, police ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Maoists start killing dogs in Jharkhand, Bengal
March 13th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 13 (IANS) Carcasses of killed dogs have been found in the jungle areas of Jharkhand and West Bengal, triggering anger among animal lovers who say the Maoists are killing dogs ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Three held with sambar carcasses in Uttar Pradesh
March 8th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) Three poachers have been arrested with carcasses of sambar in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said Monday.
The three men, who are in their early 30s, were nabbed Sunday ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Two tigers found dead in Ranthambore Sanctuary
March 8th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Ranthambore (Rajasthan), Mar 8 (ANI): Two tiger cubs were found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Ranthambore Sanctuary in Rajasthan on Sunday.The cause of the deaths is yet to be ascertained, but ... Read more...
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Some gorillas may eat monkeys
March 6th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): A recent study that found monkey DNA in the feces of wild African mountain gorillas, has hinted that some gorilla species eat monkeys, and are not entirely ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Veterinary medicine killing vultures in India: Ministry
March 5th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A veterinary medicine, Diclofenac, is the main reason behind the rapidly declining vulture numbers in the country, the health ministry said Friday.
"Studies have indicated that use of ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Himachal allows selective killing of blue bulls
March 5th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 5 (IANS) Selective killing of nilgai (blue bulls) has been allowed in several villages located in the lower Shivaliks in Himachal Pradesh as their exploding population is endangering crops, a ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Ghaziabad residents protest slaughter of cows
February 3rd, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 2 (IANS) An angry mob blocked a busy road here Tuesday and pelted stones at vehicles, protesting the theft and slaughter of four cows, police said.
Sharmishtha Chauhan, a resident of ... Read more...
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1,000 endangered turtles found dead in Orissa beach
January 27th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) At least 1,000 endangered Olive Ridley turtles have been found dead in an Orissa beach since November, a senior state wildlife official said Wednesday.
The carcasses were spotted at ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Hopes revive for saving Tasmanian devil from extinction
January 1st, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 1 (DPA) Hopes were renewed Friday that the Tasmanian devil could be saved from extinction after Australian researchers picked the genetics of the deadly facial tumours afflicting the world's largest ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Whiskers reveal secret life of invasive minks
December 24th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 24 (ANI): A new analysis of the whiskers of minks, which escaped from fur farms and now live wild in the UK, is revealing the secret lifestyle of the animals.Scientists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New drug alos threatening future of Asian vultures
December 10th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.10 (ANI): A new drug that was brought in as a replacement to save India's vulture population, has failed to deliver in terms of results.Ketoprofen, a veterinary anti-infalmmatory drug, was proposed ... Read more...
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Three held with skins of spotted deer
November 26th, 2009 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 26 (IANS) Three people have been arrested with skins of four spotted deer in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, near the India-Nepal border, a forest official said Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tales of inhuman cruelty dog world’s largest killing fair
November 26th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 26 (IANS) Tales of immense cruelty and imperviousness to suffering began to surface Thursday after the ritual slaughter of thousands of animals and birds at the world's largest ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Oz provincial govt. allows culling of thirsty camels terrorising desert town
November 26th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 26 (ANI): Australia's Northern Territory government has allowed the killing of thousands of thirsty, marauding camels threatening residents and destroying water mains in the central part of the country.In ... Read more...
Posted in World |
60 dead turtles wash up on Orissa beach
November 25th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 (IANS) The carcasses of at least 60 Olive Ridley turtles - that in all likelihood fell victim to fishing trawlers - have been spotted on an Orissa beach in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rajasthan town free from manual cleaning of toilets (Nov 19 is World Toilet Day)
November 19th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Till a few years ago Dalits in Alwar, Rajasthan were employed in inhumane manual scavenging practices. But thanks to social activism and NGO Sulabh International, the town ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Porpoise deaths due to dolphin attacks
November 10th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marine biologists have finally figured out why there has been an increase in porpoise’s deaths in the last few years on California beaches. The reason they ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
The Pacific Gyre From The Eyes Of Chris Jordan
November 4th, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov. 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Chris Jordan, the artist from Seattle, has come out with mind wrenching pictures from the Pacific Gyre or the Great Pacific garbage patch. The gyre, is ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Stop world’s largest animal killing fair in Nepal: Activists
November 1st, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 1 (IANS) Campaigners cutting across different religions Sunday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Two arrested for killing Siberian cranes
October 27th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Two men have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district and charged with killing five Siberian cranes, state forest department officials said here Tuesday.
Rakesh Rathaur and Chotu -- ... Read more...
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People hunted and shared meat differently 200,000 years ago
October 15th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 15 (ANI): New finds unearthed at Qesem Cave in Israel suggest that during the late Lower Paleolithic period, between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago, people hunted and shared meat differently ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra still submerged
October 7th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra Pradesh remained inundated Wednesday after the Krishna river breached its embankment even though the overall flood situation improved as floodwaters in the ... Read more...
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Vulture conservation gets a boost through Ramlilas in Uttarakhand
September 29th, 2009 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
By Vipul GoelRamnagar (Uttarakhand), Sep.29 (ANI): With the vulture population declining alarmingly in Uttarakhand's Ramnagar area, which adjoins the Corbett Wildlife Sanctuary, a group of pro-wildlife activists and forest rangers are engaged ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Dalit woman priest works silent revolution in Nepal (Feature with images)
September 22nd, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 22 (IANS) As Nepal's parliament remains paralysed due to bickering among the major parties and the task of drafting a ground-breaking constitution by next year seems doomed to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Winds turbines may hasten extinction of endangered vulture in Spain
September 7th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 7 (ANI): The results of a new study indicate that winds turbines might be hastening the local extinction of an endangered vulture in southern Spain.Studies have so far focused on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |