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Web app to keep track of Indian tigers

New Delhi, May 20: A web application powered by a team of enthusiastic naturalists, conservationists, photographers and national park visitors using their cameras, smart phones and videos has been trying to monitor big cats by creating a database of tigers in Indian forests.

Hot, sunny Sunday in Delhi, rains expected Monday

New Delhi, May 20: The week ended on a hot note for Delhi residents Sunday as the skies remained clear and the maximum temperature settled two notches above average at 41.4 degrees Celsius.

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This veggie shark prefers celery to fish

london, May 20: Florence, a six-foot nurse shark, is creating ripples with her unusual dietary preferences – she is perhaps the world’s only vegetarian shark.

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India returns Bangladeshi jumbo

Agartala, May 20: An elephant that entered Tripura last month from neighbouring Bangladesh and triggered panic among the people in various parts of the state has been handed over to Bangladeshi authorities, an official said here Sunday.

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‘India’s growth at the cost of environment’

New Delhi, May 20: The making of global India is at the cost of the environment, authors Ashish Kothari and Aseem Shrivastava say in their new work “Churning The Earth: Making of Global India”.

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China braces for heavy rains

Beijing, May 20: Heavy rains will lash the western and southern regions of China over the next two days, the meteorological authority said Sunday.

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Dust storm brings mercury down in Delhi

New Delhi, May 19: A dust storm hit several parts of the national capital Saturday evening and brought the temperature down marginally on a hot, sunny day which saw the maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius, said the weather office.

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Hot Saturday in Delhi, mercury to rise further Sunday

New Delhi, May 19: It was a hot, sunny Saturday in the capital with the maximum temperature settling a notch above average at 40.8 degrees Celsius.

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‘lack of political will behind conservation woes’

New Delhi, May 19: lack of political will is adding to the survival woes of large Asiatic mammals, including rhinoceros, one of the most intriguing beasts in nature’s life chain that faces extinction in its habitat in South Asia, says conservationist Hemanta Mishra.

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