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Back to nature: Immense need for crop diversification and role of agroforestry  The traditional approach of low input-based extensive and diversified agricultural practices termed as ‘crop diversification’ could be an alternate approach that might be used to save farming as a counter-strategy for farming bio-socio-psychological anomalies. Crop diversification is a strategy applied to grow more …

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Over 120 flap shell turtles found dead in Mumbai, locals suspected for poisoning Over 100 flap shell turtles were allegedly poisoned to death at a lake near India's western city of Mumbai, in a bid to stop them from feeding on illegally-bred fishes. Conservation workers were reportedly alerted about the incident on Saturday after a …

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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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Indian White-bellied sea eagles are in critical danger, face habitat loss in Kerala The survey of majestic White-bellied Sea Eagle’s nesting sites, after a gap of one decade, has found that there were only 22 active nests of the bird, which is only seen along the 150km stretch between Mahe and Manjeswaram in Kerala, raising the need …

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New Species Strophodusjaisalmerensis of Hybodont Shark Discovered From Jurassics of Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer In a rare discovery, teeth of new species of hybodontshark of Jurassic age have been reported for the first time from Jaisalmer by a team of officers comprising Krishna Kumar, Pragya Pandey, Triparna Ghosh and Debasish Bhattacharya from the Geological Survey of India …

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Gaja Sathis & Bee-Fence Odisha is all set for Human-Elephant Conflict Odisha government is all set to engage honey bees in warding off elephant herds which stray into human settlements and destroy crops and property in regular intervals. As per a decision taken by the Odisha Forest department, the largest mammal on land (Elephant) will …