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Vava Suresh critical after sustaining snake bite Renowned snake catcher Vava Suresh sustained a snake bite while catching a cobra from Kurichi near Changanassery on Monday evening. Suresh was rushed to a private hospital in Kottayam and later to Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) . According to hospital sources, his health condition remains critical. Suresh …

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End of Forests in Uttarakhand By Its own People The first state to define ‘forest’ has already lost 50,000 hectares to ‘development’, 10,649 ha to encroachment and 44,518 ha to fires. Data released by the Uttarakhand Forest Department shows the state has lost 50,000 hectares of forest land to ‘development activities’ in the last twenty …