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Shreya Dasgupta
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An American mussel species could spell trouble for fisherfolk all the way in Kochi
Researchers fear the variant, which is affecting local fishing trade, may spread to coastal areas in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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Ganga has become so noisy that river dolphins are struggling to talk to each other
Effectively blind, the Gangetic river dolphins see in the shallow murky waters they inhabit with sound.
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Grey, cinnamon, black: The many colours of the Asiatic golden cat in Arunachal Pradesh
Hidden cameras placed in Dibang Valley recorded six coat colours of the Asiatic golden cat.
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Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Arunachal pit viper: How researchers chanced upon a snake species that hadn’t been described before
The species has been named Trimeresurus arunachalensis.
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An illustration project retraces how the 1962 China war and peace shaped an Arunachal Pradesh forest
A team has traced the emotional and personal links of two of India’s indigenous tribes to what is now a protected area through their memories.
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Scientists have found new spider species in Sri Lanka – and named them after Enid Blyton characters
Nine new species of ‘goblin spiders’ have been named after goblin characters from Enid Blyton’s children books.
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Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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In the US, an earthquake 3,200 km away triggers spawning in the world’s rarest fish
Earthquake-generated waves set off ripple effects on the Devils Hole pupfish’s only known natural habitat.
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This new mobile app hopes to reduce wildlife deaths on India’s roads, railway tracks
Data collected by Roadkills can help identify sections of roads and rail lines that animals use the most and are thus prone to accidents.
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The Harry Potter craze may have sparked illegal trade in pet owls in Indonesia
A study links the rise in owl trade, mostly illegal, to the increasing popularity of the Harry Potter books and movies.
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The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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In Kaziranga, an orphanage raises baby rhinos till they’re ready to go back into the wild
The Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation in Assam gives rhinos a second lease on life.
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Photos: Top 20 new species of animals and plants of 2016
Many of these new species are already on the brink of extinction, threatened by poaching, illegal wildlife trade, habitat destruction and diseases.
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Rhinos from two parks in West Bengal to get new homes
Two homes for the greater one-horned rhinoceros have been found in the northern West Bengal and efforts are on to spread them out to other parts of the country.
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The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared