Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Mammoth sex problem
Ten years into 'Project Elephant', there are very few tuskers left in Niligiri
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Pro-eject tiger
Sold in parts in the animal markets of China or pushed out of their habitat to make way for mining, industry and agriculture, this is the fate of the Indian tiger even after nearly 30 years of
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Farming success
Mahindra agri-services increase paddy production.A project it launched last year, Mahindra Shubh Labh Services Ltd. (MSSL), is behind the stunning success story of Vadipettai.MSSL's outlet, Mahindra
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Spotted in Town
His Kingdom lost, the leopard is moving into human territory. humans are easy prey for the big cats. Casualties in Garhwal - Kumaon in Uttaranchal and Shivalik in Himachal Pradesh are very high. "
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Songs of despair
According to the home ministry, Lodhas are one of the 52 primitive tribes facing extinction. While the 1991 census put Lodha numbers at 68,000, a more recent survey put their figure at 46,669. They
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Organised Trade
In Karnataka, gullible villagers sell kidneys to clear debts.
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Bio MEMSab
Dr. Tejal Desai, 29, assistant professor of bioengineering at Boston University, who has initiated biological micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), has done what researchers were only dreaming
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The big cat's second coming
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has set up the laboratory for conservation of endangered species near the Nehru Zoological Park, in Andhra Pradesh. The laboratory is to conduct research
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Seeing red on the beach
Young children walked on a beach of a different texture when more than 50 tonnes of crayfish swam out of the sea due to the red tide at Elands Bay, north of Cape Town. Officials are calling it an
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A bright winter
A small study published late last year by researchers at Wesleyan University in Middletown and Columbia University in New York found that an hour long bath of bright light worked as well as