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Sharks in soup
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2011
George and Aruldas, fishermen from near Kanyakumari, were hauling up a catch on a beach in southern Tamil Nadu. It was a warm evening and they were the only fishers on these secluded sands. The catch was special and I was privileged, as an outsider, to be invited to watch as the enormous fish was sliced and its fin, the most valuable part, handled with extreme care.
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Drug ban saves vultures
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2011
BAN ON the drug diclofenac, administered on domestic animals, has had a positive impact on the vulture population. It had not been quantified till recently.
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City birds brainier, smarter
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
AN animal’s ability to acclimatise to urban surroundings is believed to depend on its brain size. Evolutionary biologists have for the first time provided evidence of it.
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Nirma plant in trouble again
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has asked detergent company Nirma to explain why the environmental clearance granted to its cement plant in Gujarat should not be revoked. The ministry issued a show cause notice to the company on May 11 after a report by a group of experts showed the plant was violating environmental norms.
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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: May 31, 2011
ARCHAEOLOGY
Dinosaurs’ blood suckers
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Wings to Saras Crane
Issue Date: May 15, 2011
Immediately after school, 15-yearold Surendra Kumar rushes to the wheat fields running parallel to the main Chambal canal in Umaidganj village in Rajasthan’s Kota district. He begins his search for a pair of Saras Cranes and their two young ones—the crane family he has been tracking for four years now. After spotting them he takes out a pen and a notebook from his muddy school bag to note down the exact time, date and location.
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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: May 15, 2011
ZOOLOGY
The real cost of bat loss
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Science And Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2011
ASTROPHYSICS
Clue to cosmic rays’ origin
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Very good piece.