Cockatoos are intelligent birds; Study conducted in Indonesia Indonesia, Sep 2: Only a few animals, including some primates (group of mammals includinghumans, monkeys, and apes)…
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Giant 400-years-old Coral Reef Discovered
Belongs to coral genus coral genus Porites, known for large coral groups Australia, Sep 2: Scientists and members participating in a marine citizen science course…
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IRCTC’s Special Train ‘Bharat Darshan’ Starts the Tour
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) ran a special tourist train ‘Bharat Darshan – Splendors of India’ from Sunday, 29th August.
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Launch of 100-day SUJALAM campaign
Jal Shakti ministry has launched a 100-day SUJALAM campaign. The campaign aims to create one million soak pits in villages all over India in the next hundred days.
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First blue whale songs recorded in Indian waters
Marine mammal scientist Divya Panicker in the year 2019 in the Lakshadweep Islands was listening to recordings taped on underwater sound recorders when she came across low blue whale moans.
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Cotton Fabric modified to absorb harmful air pollutants
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed a modified cotton fabric named ZIF-8@CM Cotton and ZIF- 67@CM Cotton.
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Dragonfly Day on August 18th!
The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-India) recently performed a dragonfly census in New Delhi and its surrounding areas, in conjunction with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), and celebrated Dragonfly Day on August 18.
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New species of cascade frog found in the Adi Hills of India
By Shuchi Giridhar and inputs from Alka Singh Himachal Pradesh, August 20: A new species of the cascade frog has been discovered in the Adi…
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Three species of primitive ungulate ancestors identified
By Hima Sutha August 20: Palaeontologists and researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder identified three new species of primitive ungulate ancestors. An ungulate is…
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Sports News: U20 World Athletics Championship 2021
Nairobi, August 19: The World Athletics U20 Championship 2021 is an international athletics competition for juniorcategory, presently happening in Nairobi in Kenya from 17 to…
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