78 per cent birds cannot thrive in modified human dominated environments, says research

78 per cent birds cannot thrive in modified human dominated environments, says research

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PNS | New Delhi

A team of researchers has flagged concerns that nearly 78 per cent of the world's bird species are unable to thrive in highly modified human-dominated environments, underscoring the urgent need for conservation efforts to protect avian biodiversity. This new research comes in the backdrop of the existing statistic that notes...

Nadda: Congress pursuing appeasement politics

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Accusing the Congress of pursuing appeasement politics and working against the majority community, BJP chief J P Nadda on Monday asked the opposition party to make it clear as to who it intends to benefit by promising to raise the reservation cap from 50 per cent. In a statement, Nadda echoed...

British, French troops march in joint parades

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | AP | London

(): French troops joined their British counterparts in the famous Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace for the first time on Monday, marching together in a display of solidarity between Britain and France amid the war in Ukraine.  At a parallel ceremony in Paris, British soldiers wearing tall bearskin...

DMK, Congress owe an explanation on Katchatheevu: Thakur

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PTI | Chennai

n Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Monday sought an explanation from the DMK and Congress about "ceding" Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka in 1974 and asked the parties to "come out clean" on the issue. Taking exception to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's criticism of...

Congress committed scams in all three worlds: Nadda

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PTI | Rampur (UP)

n BJP president JP Nadda on Monday came down heavily on the Congress, accusing it of committing scams in all the three worlds and said the party did not spare the sky, underground and water. Addressing an election rally in Rampur on Monday in favour of the BJP candidates, Nadda attacked...

Lot of space for a new political party in Bihar: Kishor

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has said that Bihar has a lot of space for a new party as it has "maximum anti-incumbency" following the nearly 35-year rule of ideologically similar formations headed by either Lalu Prasad Yadav or Nitish Kumar. His comments came as his ongoing 'Jan Suraaj' yatra through his...

LS polls now fought on development: Gujarat CM

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PTI | Tharad

n Prime Minister Narendra Modi's performance in the last ten years has set a narrative of development for Lok Sabha elections which were earlier contested on the lines of caste and religion, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Monday. Addressing a rally at Tharad town in Banaskantha district, Patel said...

India borders have become safer under Modi: Yogi

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | PTI | Mumbai/Wardha

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said during Narendra Modi's tenure as prime minister, India's borders have become safer and respect for the country has increased in the world. Speaking at a rally at Hinganghat town in Maharashtra's Wardha district, the UP CM asked the Congress if it could...

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