Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
NAVI MUMBAI: Human development at Uran taluka in Raigad district is hurting quite a few of its original inhabitants. While quarrying had already disturbed quite a few species, environmentalists are concerned that landfills are uprooting many others from their home. Villagers near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area, Chirner, …
India has declared itself free from the Avian Influenza (H5N1) or the bird flu and notified this to the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). The Centre has, however, emphasised that surveillance against Avian Influenza should continue throughout the country, especially in vulnerable areas bordering infected countries and in areas …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Velavadar (Bhavnagar district): Bird enthusiasts in the state are in for a New Year treat at Velavadar National Park, land of the blackbuck . Around 1,500 slender, long-legged, owl-faced harriers will be there to greet visitors. According to a study, Velavadar is one of the largest …
Sivaganga: Saturday night across the country will be lit up by firecrackers shipped mostly from Sivakasi. But barely 90km away, a tiny area along Sivaganga will ensure that the skies remain dark and quiet on Diwali. For three decades, Singampunari hasn
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: With winter setting in, a rare and vagrant migratory tern called Black Tern was sighted in the marshy wetland of Surendranagar. It was identified and photographed by Dr Ketan Tatu, senior scientist, Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation. This bird migrates from Europe, or …
While the country had reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) from 2006-08 and experts had questioned the role of migratory birds in the transmission of the virus, a latest study by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) and city-based Ela Foundation has given a clean chit …
UNWELCOME: Dried reservoirs at Kodiakkarai threaten the energy replenishment of migratory birds that have started arriving at Point Calimere. POINT CALIMERE (Nagapattinam): The Bombay Natural History Society has sent a memorandum to Chemplast Sanmar Limited requesting the company to store minimum water in the reservoirs for the migratory birds that …
Come winter, birds and swine flu thrive alike, we need to be prepared for whatever surprises this dreaded virus delivers next, Deputy Commissioner, Tayor Jempen said here today while inaugurating a two-day capacity building and skill development training cum awareness on Avian influenza which was organized by the Department of …
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February--April 2006); Manipur (July 2007); West Bengal (January 2008) and Tripura (April 2008). Original Source
BHUBANESWAR: Cruising along in a boat at a nice speed on the tranquil waters of Chilika! Well, the annoying sound of the boat engine almost kills half the pleasure. But this, in the coming times, will be a thing of the past. Chilika Development Authority (CDA) has come up with …
DHENKANAL: Winged guests, particularly the Openbill Storks, have started arriving in large numbers at Sadangi and Jharda villages in Dhenkanal district. Every year with the onset of monsoon in June, the birds congregate at these villages for temporary abode. Serenity of the villages offer a safe haven for them to …
LUCKNOW: The elusive rains might revert Nawabganj bird sanctuary to the state it was a year back. It was in bad shape due to lack of water till Unnao administration took up the cause and ensured smooth flow of water to the sanctuary. The sanctuary played host to lot of …
The Great Indian Bustard was last spotted in Karera sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh in 1993. But 16 years hence, while the bird may be long dead here, it continues to control the destinies of more than 25,000 residents of 32 villages inside it. Notified in 1981, the sanctuary in Shivpuri …
ollowing your News story 'Putting China's wetlands on the map' (Nature 458, 134; 2009) and the related Correspondence 'Time for China to restore its natural wetlands' (Nature 459, 321; 2009), we also wish to stress the need to manage and protect China's existing wetlands, and to remind delegates to the …
The enchanting Tunga valley near Mandagadde is echoed by the chirping sounds of Egrets now. The arrival of winged beauties from Siberia to Mandagadde near here has commenced. Median Egret, Darter and Little Cormorant arrive to Mandagadde from Siberia in the month of June. They nest here, train the young …
