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COVID lockdowns accidentally created an experiment scientists could never have deliberately run: What happens when the roads and buildings stay, but the people disappear?The COVID-19 lockdowns accidentally created a rare real-world experiment for scientists, as human activity suddenly dropped while roads, bu...- 500 plants, 100 birds, 25 butterfly species: At 23, Delhi boy turns home terrace into lush urban forest. How a childhood love for birdwatching sparked a mission to protect urban wildlifeAman Sharma, a 23-year-old Delhi resident, has transformed his 15,000 sq ft terrace into a thriving urban forest, a testament to his passio...
- How Urban Life Is Forcing Birds to Evolve: Wing Shapes, Flight Skills, and Survival Secrets RevealedCity birds are changing fast. Their wings are getting shorter and rounder to navigate busy streets and buildings. Beaks are also adapting t...
- Rodent menace hits Puri's historic Jagannath TempleThe rodents, whose numbers increased manifold during the absence of devotees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been nibbling away ...
- Bravia, playstation help Sony arrest fall in India salesMohit Yadav, founder of business intelligence firm Altinfo, said the growth in Sony's profitability last fiscal with premium products, it s...
- WHO team in Wuhan says discussions open, meetings frankIn a tweet, zoologist and team member Peter Daszak praised Wednesday's meetings with staff at the key Wuhan Institute of Virology, includin...
- British broadcaster David Attenborough gets his shot of Covid-19 vaccineA new variant of the virus which is highly transmissible is surging across UK.
- 2020 saw environment bounce back to its glory, even if temporarilyAccording to the Central Pollution Control Board, there was a significant improvement in air quality during lockdown (from March 22 to May ...
- Gujarat: Year of migrants' march, hospital fires, lion's roarThe lockdown turned into a human tragedy in Gujarat as migrant labourers, rendered jobless and left with very little resources to fall back...
- Sold as lockdown pets: How illegal wildlife trade is thriving on social media
- Merely parroting lockdown languageFor unpolished pollies, it’s not about beaking bad but getting a rise out of us.
- Gains from lockdown possibly lost in unlock: Public health care expertProfessor V Ramana Dhara said India has to keep testing aggressively to know the true spread of the disease in the population, and test cri...
- DGCA advises airports to not ease wildlife control measures amid COVID-19 pandemicIn the past, there have been many incidents in India where aircraft have hit animals on the runway during take off or landing. There have a...
- Lockdown delayed project execution, led to cost escalation: Adani TransmissionAccording to the filing, delay in getting multiple regulatory approval, that is ROW (right of way), forest approvals, wildlife, defense, ci...
- 63 per cent willing to travel in 3 months, 70 per cent rule out overseas travel: CII surveyThe survey has also found that post the coronavirus lockdown, hygiene standards maintained by hotels would be the single most important dec...
- Wuhan to test entire population after new virus cluster: State mediaOfficials had been ordered to submit by noon on Tuesday plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the city of 11 million p...
- Poaching could increase under virus lockdownsPoaching of endangered species could rebound as authorities divert their attention to enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures, an internati...
- Photography gives CreditMate boss headspace to reflect, take a step back from his day-to-day role of being a CEOJonathan Bill shared how he has been engaged in his hobbies.
- Lockdown woes making you miss your barber? Get a haircut yourself or waitMany people have been experimenting with their hair as salons have shut down due to the lockdown.
- View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
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