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A National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Zoology, Calicut University, Kerala, Das was a part of the team that studied the amphibian population of the Western Ghats.And it was while conducting the study that he shot the frog’s picture, which accompanied a scholarly article that appeared in the reputed scientific journal, ‘Nature’. Das contributed to the article.DiCaprio, a committed campaigner on climate issues, noted in his Instagram post: “Climate change is a major driver of amphibian declines globally, according to a new paper published in Nature reports.” The actor went on to summarise the article and noted:”Two decades’ worth…

A Manipur government official said that after the ethnic violence broke out in the state between the non-tribals Meiteis and tribal Kukis, some organisations changed the name of districts, places and institutions on ethnic lines and beliefs, without the knowledge of the government or the concerned authorities.To check these trends, Manipur Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi has issued an order asking people and organisations not to do any such thing which might create problems for the authorities.The Chief Secretary’s order said that it has come to the notice of the state government that many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), institutions and people…

However, on Saturday, the city recorded the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 164 in “moderate category”.The SAFAR also predicted that on Sunday. the PM 2.5 is going to reach 186 while PM 10 is expected to reach 177, both in moderate category.The SAFAR further stated that after two days, PM 2.5 is expected to touch 239 while PM 10 can reach 205, both in poor category.As per CPCB, on Saturday evening, Anand Vihar recorded AQI of 265 in the poor category, in Alipur, it was 235 (poor category), while in Bawana the AQI reached 305 — in very poor…

Arya began the day on an imperious note winning the opening race. Starting from P3, the Kolkata racer quickly exerted his dominance and sneaked into the lead in the first lap itself while overtaking his senior teammate T.S. Diljith. But Diljith kept up the pressure and got the lead back in the next lap only to hand it back to Arya.However, with the safety car out in the fourth lap, it was expected the one behind the leader would make up lost ground and press hard to narrow the gap. But, Arya drove with guile and precision to keep his…

The CEC meeting chaired by party President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday was attended by Congress Parliamentary Party (CCP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, among other senior leaders.Speaking to the media after the meeting, Surjewala, who is also the in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, said the CEC meeting discussed the political situation in the poll-bound state.“We discussed how the BJP and the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has brought the state to a situation where government jobs are sold, where women and daughters are not safe… Madhya Pradesh has a number of alleged scams,” he said.”We briefed the CEC…

Speaking to the media, Kamal Nath said: “We had a meeting of the CEC, where we discussed names (of probable candidates) and we will finalise the candidates in next five to six days… The names of candidates will be announced in next six to seven days.” “We have discussed over 140 names during the meeting and will again meet to finalise the names,” the former Chief Minister added. The CEC meeting, which went on for over one and half hour, held at the party headquarters on Saturday. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former party…

In a post on X, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “As the nation marks the obituary of the 2,000 rupee note, let it be a reminder of the monumental disaster that was the Tughlakian decision of November 8, 2016.”He said, “Those who questioned the logic back then, including Rahul Gandhi, were mocked by the drum-beaters of the self-appointed ‘Vishwaguru’. Some even claimed microchip-enabled notes to help track black money!”“Now, after blowing thousands of crores of taxpayers’ money in a futile exercise and destroying lakhs of micro and small businesses across the country, the Modi government will move onto managing…

He said this in the Basava Jayanti programme organised by the Akhila BharataVeerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, Veerashaiva-Lingayat Sanghas and Federation of Mysore Basava Balaga at Mysore Kalamandir on Saturday. The statement assumes importance in the backdrop of allegations by senior Congress leaders that Lingayats are snubbed under the Siddaramaiah government.Lingayat Veerashaiva Mutts have provided Akshara and Anna Dasoha to communities belonging to all castes and religions.The programmes implemented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are also applicable to all castes and religions which are according to the aspiration of Sharanas, he said.Social Welfare Minister HC Mahadevappa said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made…

Jyothi is from Hyderabad in Telangana, born to a former kabaddi player, who now is a veterinary doctor in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh and a housewife.Ojas is from Nagpur in Maharashtra, born in a middle-class family with his father in the property business and his mother working as principal of a school.They do have a lot of similarities too — both are compound archers, and both won the Team, Individual and Mixed Team gold medals in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.The 27-year-old Jyothi, is one of the most decorated compound archers in the country, having won the gold medal…

Also under lens are the assets and properties registered in the names of the relatives of these ministers and urban civic body heads and deputy-heads. The ED will shortly summon them one-by-one and scrutinise the documents related to their properties and assets, especially the sources of funds.According to ED insiders, that the nexus in the municipalities’ recruitment scam is quite deep is evident from the fact that the Ayan Sil-owned ABS Infozone was the outsourced agent for all the 14-odd municipalities that are currently under the central agency’s scanner for recruitment irregularities.Sil is currently in judicial custody because of his…