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Delhi Cantt board to fine people feeding monkeys The Delhi cantonment board (DCB) issued an order on Thursday stating that people feeding monkeys near human habitation will be fined. The warning added that the incidents of man-monkey conflict are on the increase in various parts of Delhi. Till now, no such restriction on feeding the …

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Kaiser-i-Hind to get official status in Arunachal An elusive swallowtail butterfly carrying ‘India’ in its name and found in next-door China will become the State butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh. The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday approved the large, brightly coloured Kaiser-i-Hind as the State butterfly. The Cabinet meeting was for …

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Elephant conservation can be aided by preventing forest loss on private land: Study Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities, a new research paper that used citizen science data, found. Preserving forest cover on private land can aid elephants to travel between habitats, in turn, helping to …

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For endangered Sarus Crane, UP is 'uttam' for breeding The world's tallest flying bird has been getting a new lease of life in the Indian state where it enjoys the status of official state bird - Uttar Pradesh (UP). Uttar Pradesh is known as a stronghold of the sarus crane, Indias only resident breeding crane. …