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Power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise Thousands of birds are estimated to be dying annually in Gujarat’s Kutch district due to collisions with power lines. About 30,000 birds are estimated to be dying annually, due to collisions with power lines, in the Abdasa region of Gujarat’s Kutch district, according to data …

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Two rare fireflies discovered in India Researchers have discovered two new species of very rare wasp-like flower flies from north-eastern India and the Western Ghats. The newly described species, Monoceromyia flavoscutata and M. nigra, belong to the Syrphidae family. They were discovered by researchers H. Sankararaman, a Ph.D scholar from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Anooj …

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Eastern Karnataka’s 57 villages are drinking Uranium with water: Study A chemical analysis of groundwater in 73 villages of Karnataka has found high levels of uranium concentration in groundwater of at least 57 villages. The uranium concentration in these villages was at least 30 micrograms per litre (μg / l). In 48 of these villages, …

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New species of snake with ‘bindi’ on body discovered in Assam A team of scientists from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States have discovered a new species of snake in Assam – the first such find from the state in over a century – that is characterised by a red mark on its …

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Ladakh pitches for a new state bird and animal after getting union territory status The bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 led to the creation of two separate union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Among the many new tasks in front of the new local administrations was the identification …

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Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar Reliance Industries Ltd will build the world’s largest zoo, a top executive of the company has confirmed to the Times of India, Ahmedabad in a report published December 20, 2020. The zoo will come up on 280 acres of land near Reliance’s refinery at Moti Khavdi near Jamnagar, the TOI report said. It …