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डॉल्फिनच्या संभाषणकौशल्याचा नवा शोध

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, In : Nature 


समुद्रात वास्तव्य करणाऱ्या विविध जातींच्या डॉल्फिन आणि देवमाशांसारख्या सस्तन प्राण्यांबाबतचं कुतूहल, शास्त्रज्ञांना नेहमीच खुणावत आलंय. माशांप्रमाणं पाण्यात राहणाऱ्या, परंतु हवेसाठ...
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उमरेठच्या मार्गावरील मढेघाट

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, In : Nature 
...आणि एकदम भयंकर आरडाओरडा उसळला! तान्हाजीने, सूर्याजीने आणि मावळ्यांनी एकदम इतक्या वीरश्रीने, "हर हर हर हर महादेव' करून शत्रूची कापाकाप करण्यास सुरवात केली. न भूतो न भविष्यति! एकदम छापा. एकदम ...
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चढाई मकरंदगडाची

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Saturday, March 1, 2014, In : Nature 
ट्रेकिंगची "क्रेझ' नेहमीच वाटते. लांबून सोपा वाटणारा एखादा गड किंवा किल्ला प्रत्यक्ष चढताना थरार अनुभव देतो. एकदा तो सर केला की त्याचा आनंद औरच असतो. प्रत्येकाने कधी ना कधी असं रांगडं पर्यट...
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हिरवाईतील केट्‌स पॉइंटची चढाई

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Saturday, March 1, 2014, In : Nature 
पावसाळा सुरू झाला आणि सह्याद्रीतील डोंगरशिखरं खुणावू लागली. हिरवीकंच हिरवळ आणि हिरवाईतून फिरण्याचा हा मोसम भटक्‍यांच्या विशेष आवडीचा. बालकवींच्या कवितेतील निर्झर खळाळता ओढा होऊन बेभान...
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Future of China’s Tiger Farms in the Balance

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Saturday, February 6, 2010, In : Environment 


The road to the world’s first tiger summit in Vladivostok later this year will have to be paved with answers about the future of tiger farms in China and other East Asian countries, said conservationists.

Pressure to place such farms on the agenda at the September summit in the Russian city stems from the estimated 5,000 domesticated tigers in China’s tiger farms, which exceed the total number of tigers living in the wild – about 3,200 – in the forests of 13 Asian countries.

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Brahmaputra erosion destroys nearly 4,000 sq km of Assam land

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Thursday, February 4, 2010, In : Environment 


The mighty Brahmaputra has wiped out nearly 4,000 square kilometres of area at a rate of 80 square kilometres per year, destroying more than 2500 villages and affecting more than five million people in Assam. Assam's Water Resources Department has identified 25 vulnerable and very severe erosion-prone sites and estimated that the Assam valley portion of the Brahmaputra has lost approximately 7.4 per cent of its land area due to river bank erosion and channel migration.

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Major emitters set carbon goals after Copenhagen

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, In : Environment 


Fifty-five countries accounting for almost 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions have pledged varying goals for fighting climate change under a deadline in the ''Copenhagen Accord'', the United Nations said today.

''This represents an important invigoration of the UN climate change talks,'' Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, said of the national targets for curbs on emissions until 2020 submitted by January 31.

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Bhitarkanika poised for world heritage site status

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Monday, February 1, 2010, In : Environment 


Already declared a Ramsar wetland site, the Bhitakanika National Park with its rich bio-diversity and a unique eco-system is set to receive an even more exalted position being shortlisted for a World Heritage site. The Bhitarkanika National Park has been shortlisted from among 27 additional sites by the UNESCO, official sources said.

The only World Heritage site in Orissa is the architectural wonder Konarak temple. P K Behera, divisional forest officer, Rajnagar mangrove & wildlife forest divi...
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Earn Money With Digital Photography – Sell Your Photos

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, In : Photography 
Take the next step with your digital photography, and start earning some money with it!  There are two avenues you can pursue – you can sell the photographs that you take, or you can provide your photography skills as a service to other people.
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http://www.yourphototips.com/2009/12/13/earn-money-with-digital-photography-%E2%80%93-sell-your-photos/

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'Spectacled flowerpecker' bird found in Borneo

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Thursday, January 14, 2010, In : Nature 
Scientists have found a new species of bird in Borneo, the ''spectacled flowerpecker'', and expressed the hope today that the discovery would help spur conservation of the island's threatened forests. The small bird, grey with white stripes, was spotted in June 2009 on flowering mistletoe in the Malaysian part of Borneo by a group including biologist David Edwards of Leeds University in England.

''We hope the announcement of our discovery will lead to our ultimate goal: conservation of the new...
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Google considers withdrawing from China over cyberattacks

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, In : News 

Google has threatened to shut down its operations in China after uncovering hacking attempts into email accounts of Chinese human rights activists, terming it as "highly sophisticated".

"These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered - combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web - have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development an...
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Creeping Deserts and Crouching Hunger

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, In : Environment 


It is just the beginning of the year, but M. Manju Laxmi already feels anxious. In four months or so, she will be back to her old routine: stuffing the wide chinks under her weathered closed doors and windows with her old saris.

Laxmi, 42, along with her three children, her husband Nagaraju and his extended family, lives in Malyam village. Despite being one of the larger landholders with a 3.5 hectare-farmland, her family has been dogged by illness and debt even before she came here as a bride...
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'Harness Untapped Renewable Energy Sources'

Posted by Arvind Telkar on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, In : Energy 
With its vast renewable energy potential, South Asia can lead the world in achieving energy security. But sources within the region said it needs technological and financial support from the developed countries before it can tap its rich energy resources.

"Remember, renewable energy is not that easy to achieve. It needs a lot of resources and technology, which the South Asian countries don’t have," Sunita Narain, environmentalist and director of New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environ...
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Arvind Telkar Trekking in the wild with camera is the way of my life. Maharashtra is known for Mountain Forts, Water Forts, Thick and Bush Forests. We have Tiger Projects situated in Vidarbha region. Everyone is welcome to My Rock State with gentle flowers.
 
 
 
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