Margao: There was a time when Goa’s first monsoon showers announced themselves with the deep, rhythmic croaks of the Indian bullfrog echoing across paddy fields and puddles. The sound, immortalised in Konkani nursery rhymes and wedding ballads, is now fading, and environmentalists warn it is a sign of a deeper ecological crisis.Once regarded in Goan…
Panaji: After setting up kitchen gardens in schools across Goa, now, under the National Education Policy (NEP), govt and aided schools will get urban wildlife host corners on their campuses. Around 500 teachers teaching from Classes VI to VIII have been trained by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India-Goa, for the Goa state council for…
Stench & waste haunt Punjagutta Metro walkway Hyderabad: A narrow stretch beneath the Punjagutta Metro station has become an open dumping site, with small heaps of dry and wet waste, food leftovers and empty liquor bottles scattered across the area. Despite repeated cleaning drives by civic authorities, the stench, coupled with swarms of mosquitoes and…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: The state animal husbandry department’s Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP) has started producing the goatpox vaccine for the first time to protect cattle against lumpy skin disease (LSD), which has killed thousands of animals across Maharashtra in recent years.Officials said in-house production will reduce costs, end dependence on private…
Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna inspects Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Haji Abdulla Mother and Child Govt Hospital in Udupi on Wednesday Udupi: Following complaints regarding poor maintenance at the Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Haji Abdulla Mother and Child Govt Hospital, MLA Yashpal Suvarna paid a visit to the hospital on Wednesday and conducted an inspection.During the visit, a…
