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Rahul Gandhi talks of OBC rights but fails to promote OBC leaders: BJPThe BJP has labeled Rahul Gandhi a hypocrite over OBC representation. They point to the recent Karnataka leadership change and the absence ...- Chinese proverb of the day: 'A dog's mouth cannot...' Life lessons on kindness, wisdom, human nature, honesty, justice and why one should not expect much from arrogant or self-centered peopleChinese proverb of the day explains the meaning of “A dog’s mouth cannot produce ivory.” The proverb talks about kindness, wisdom, honesty,...
- When a 9-year-old tripped in the New Mexico desert, he accidentally uncovered the remains of an ancient elephant relative from 1.2 million years agoA remarkable fossil discovery in New Mexico, made by a 9-year-old boy, has unearthed a 1.2-million-year-old stegomastodon skull. This chanc...
- Elephants Don’t Just Walk Away From Death; What They Do Instead Feels Uncomfortably HumanElephants display remarkable emotional responses to death. Studies reveal they recognize their own kind and interact with deceased members....
- Why Are Some Elephants Born Without Tusks Despite Their Natural Need for Them? The Evolutionary Puzzle UncoveredField rangers observed fewer tusked female elephants. Decades of ivory hunting in Gorongosa National Park favored tuskless survivors. This ...
- Shovel-Tusked Elephants’ Teeth Puzzle Solved by PaleontologistsShovel-tusked elephants, once an evolutionary puzzle, are now understood to have used their unique tusks and teeth to efficiently process s...
- Indian-American teen invents device to spot elephant poachers in real timeAccording to the Indian-origin high-schooler, her device is four times more effective than drones as it can detect poachers by analysing th...
- Complete genome of elephants mappedScientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of the world's most iconic animal families - elephants, and their relatives mammoths a...
- Chinese demand for elephant ivory drops, new report saysA report launched Wednesday surveyed the price of ivory in markets across China over the last three years and found prices had dropped from...
- Pregnant elephant found dead in Tamil Nadu wildlife sanctuaryThe female elephant was apparently attacked by a male elephant, according to wildlife officials at the sanctuary.
- Tripura to set up elephant reserve in Gomati districtTripura government will set up an elephant reserve at Gandhari in Gomati district for better conservation of the jumbos whose population wa...
- Uttarakhand emerging as hotspot of ivory smugglingUttarakhand, known as one of the safest abodes of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Southeast Asia, is fast emerging as an important ...
- Tooth talesA white elephant offers its own tusks to a distraught hunter in the Ajanta mural. It’s an episode from the Buddhist parable of six-tusked e...
- Jumbo's head chopped off for tusks in north BengalIn yet another elephant poaching case in north Bengal this year, carcass of a full-grown jumbo, with its head missing, was found on the out...
- Kerala mulls burning ivory at its disposalKerala Wildlife department is mulling a proposal to set afire a huge pile of ivory at its disposal to pre-empt its passage into the hands o...
- Abhimanyu never lets down the Mahout and his assistantsMythological Mahabharat's Abhimanyu might have lost the battle and his way out of Chakrayuvya ( circled fort), but this 47 year old pachyde...
- Elephant found dead in Nagarahole, tusks missingAn adult elephant has been found dead in Nagarahole national park and its tusk has gone missing exposing the lack of patrolling in the tige...
- Tusker dies of infectionThe death of an elephant due to formation of worms in its stomach has become a cause of concern for the Bhadra wildlife wing. The officials...
- Jumbo toll mounts in Ganjam forestsTwo more elephants died in Ganjam jungle on Sunday after they allegedly came into contact with electric wires.
- Man arrested for possessing elephant tusks in MumbaiA 40-year-old sweeper was arrested from Dadar in central Mumbai for allegedly possessing two elephant tusks collectively worth Rs four lakh...
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