“Scientists believe the cow is the only animal that both inhales and exhales oxygen,” he was widely reported to have observed
September 13, 2021The Madhya Pradesh government will denotify 86 square kilometres of protected area from the ‘Son Chiraiya’ (Great Indian Bustard) Sanctuary at Ghatigaon in Gwalior district. This will pave the way for the separation of 25 villages located in the protected area of the sanctuary. Two ‘Son Chraiya’ (GIB) sanctuaries, Ghatigaon in Gwalior district and Karera …
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February 16, 2018About a dozen years ago I pointed out in the columns of this newspaper how fast the wild life of the open plains was going. The countryside was most open to human occupation and exploitation and since illicit shooting and snaring became uncontrollable once a network of roads and a number of closely spaced settlements …
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