INDIAN WILDLIFE – CAN THE TIGER SAVE ITS STRIPES?Ā
“Going in quest thereof, one of our Soldiers, a Youth, killed a Tiger-Royal; it was brought home by 30 or 40 Combies (Koonbee), the Body…
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FOCUS-At least nine dead in severe India quake
29 March 1999 07:16 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, March 29 (Reuters) – At least nine people died in two north…
BHUTAN — Remote land strives to Preserve identity
REUTERSĀ 8 September 1985Ā The Seattle TimesĀ SundayĀ J11Ā English (Copyright 1985)Ā THIMPHU, Bhutan_Ā ‘‘ Do not give pens, sweets or medicine to villagers,” warns a…
The Big Squeeze
Turkmenistan’s “President for Life” Saparmurat Niyazov erected a 50-ft gold-plated statue of himself in the centre of the capital Ashgabat, eight years before he gave…
DESERTS – GREENING OF THAR
Lush vegetation in the Thar? Groves jamun trees? Mighty rivers the size of the Ganga and Indus? Seasons of monsoon-like rainfall? None of this is…
THE ART OF SURVIVAL
Deep inside the jungle in northernmost Mizoram, a lone man brews a tin mug of tea in the early morning haze. He is squatting on…
THE DAISY’S PETALS
Itās a NAIL-BITER. I predicted in another column that the Lok pal Search Committee of eight eminent persons might cap a five-year slow waltz just…
Waterless World
Time was when āGlacial Speedā used to mean āvery, very slowlyā. That has changed forever. We know that our planet is warming. New research shows…