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Study says 9/11 'glowing tribute' bamboozles, kills 160,000 birds
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 11 (ANI): Two soaring beams of light are put out every year over Lower Manhattan on 9/11 in a tribute to those killed 18 years ago in one of the deadliest attacks on the American soil. However, researchers have said that those beams of light can lure birds to veer
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Animals the worst-sufferers of land degradation: Director, ZSI
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Animals are the worst victims of land degradation, desertification, and soil erosion, said Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), here on Saturday.
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WB: Awareness program organised on conserving endangered vulture species
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in collaboration with West-Bengal Forest Department and Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation (HNAF) on Sunday organised an awareness program for the conservation of endangered vulture species in Sili
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Plant species important for promoting biodiversity in grasslands: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Temperate grasslands are the most endangered but least protected ecosystems on the Earth. Researchers found that milkweeds and other plants that have seeds carried by the wind are an important source for enriching the diversity of plants in these valuable
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Honeybees responsible for decreasing population of bumblebees: study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], July 6 (ANI): There are several species that are staring at the risk of extinction. One such species is that of bumblebees that are on the verge of extinction because of diseases spread by domestic honeybees, reports a recent study.
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Locusts from Iran endanger cotton crops in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], Jun 24 (ANI): Things don't seem to be looking up for Pakistan's economy, as a locust attack from Iran has put around 2,00,000 acres of cotton crop in the line of devastation in Sindh.
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Sindh: Pangolins on verge of extinction owing to surging Chinese demand
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): The rising demand for Pangolin meat among Chinese nationals living in Karachi, consolidated by illegal trade flourishing along new routes to China, have brought this endangered species on the verge of extinction in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Tanushree Dutta discredits #MenToo movement
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], May 21 (ANI): Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta who triggered the #MeToo movement challenging sexual harassment against Nana Patekar and became its torchbearer says she was surprised to hear about the #MenToo movement, which she claims can further endanger women and ch
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Sea turtle population increasing: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 25 (ANI): A recent study claims that endangered turtle (Hawksbill & Green turtle) population is increasing in Pacific coral reefs.
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18 tonnes of red sanders worth Rs 9 crore seized in Chennai
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A team of Customs Department on Friday seized a container with 18 tonnes of red sanders, a category of wood classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as "endangered" under Red list, worth Rs 9 crore from a truck her
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Salman Khan’s appeal against verdict in blackbuck poaching case postponed
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): The appeal on behalf of actor Salman Khan against the CJM Roral Court order in the Blackbuck case has been adjourned till April 3. The actor had challenged his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered blackbucks in 1998.
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Climate change may destroy Bengal tiger's home, study suggests
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): Last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years, a recent study claims.
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