Why the woolly-necked stork is thriving in India

The tree-nesting waterbird is using fields as its habitat with relatively traditional farming techniques and other factors allowing it to proliferate.

Sneha Mahale

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Dolo makers gave gifts worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors to prescribe higher dose: Medical body to SC

Prices of the fever-reducing pills’ dosage of up to 500 mg is regulated. The freebies were allegedly given to prescribe 650 mg tablets.

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Assam: Man accused of rape and murder killed by mob in Lakhimpur district

Raju Baruah alias Gerjai, had escaped from police custody on Tuesday.

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‘They are Brahmins...have good values’: BJP MLA defends release of Bilkis Bano case convicts

CK Raulji, who was part of the panel that recommended the release of the 11 men said that in cases of communal violence, innocent persons are often targeted.

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Child labour, caste and poverty are closely linked in India, says UN report

Dalit women in South Asia face severe discrimination, due to which they are ‘denied choices and freedoms in all spheres of life’, the report said.

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Gujarat ignored trial court’s opinion as board with five BJP members set Bilkis Bano convicts free

Two BJP MLAs and three other members of the party were on the board that decided the remission plea of the 11 men.

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Aishwarya Iyer

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Salman Rushdie’s attacker says he acted alone, denies contact with Iran

In an interview to The New York Post, Hadi Matar said he was surprised when he found out that the author survived the stabbing.

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Child rights body seeks action against AAP’s Gujarat unit for recruiting minor as party worker

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asked the police to submit an action taken report within three days.

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Bengaluru: Clubhouse users shout pro-Pakistan slogans on online audio chat, case registered

Members of a group on the app put up flags of Pakistan as their display pictures and played the country’s national anthem as well, the police said.

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Supreme Court sets aside Madhya Pradesh HC verdict discharging rape accused due to delay in FIR

The judgement was ‘disturbing’ and ‘utterly incomprehensible’, a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and JB Pardiwala held.

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Jacqueline Fernandez’s lawyer says actor is victim of conspiracy in money laundering case

The statement comes a day after Enforcement Directorate named the actor as an accused in a case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

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Palaniswami challenges Madras HC order voiding his elevation as sole AIADMK leader

Meanwhile, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Paneerselvam urged Palaniswami to run the party jointly with him.

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