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Towards a step to save ‘Vultures’:

India, which has lost 99 per cent of the four-crore population of vultures in the last three decades and continues to witness the decline of the existing ones at the rate of 40 per cent annually, have stepped forward by the ‘customary’ observance of the World Vulture Awareness Day. In an effort to conserve the few remaining vultures in Punjab, a ‘restaurant for vultures’ - the first of its kind in the state – was started on October 12 to provide safe fo… Continue

River Yamuna (यमुना), with a total length of around 1,370 kilometers (851 mi), is the largest tributary of the Ganges (River Ganga गगां) in northern India. It constitutes one of the four most important pilgrimages, collectively called 'Char Dham' of the Garhwal Himalayas or Uttarakhand.
But unfortunately Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially around Delhi, which dumps about 57% of its waste into the river. Delhi alone contributes around 3,296 million litres per day of… Continue

The Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure has discovered about 350 new species including the world’s second smallest deer, a “flying frog” and a 100 million-year old gecko,the oldest fossil.Inspite of the rising global temperatures it brought exciting discoveries such as a bright green frog that uses its red and long webbed feet to glide in the air.

The 'leaf-deer' which is considered to be the world’s oldest and second smallest deer species has been traced here. Initially it was believed th… Continue