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Nilofer D'Souza
How protecting Great Indian Bustard can save other endangered species
In May this year, Conservation India, a non-profit organization that aims to enable conservation action, took up the campaign to save the Great Indian Bustard (GIB). One year ago, Kedar Gore, had a similar campaign on change.org to 'Save the Indian Bustard Campaign', but it was restricted to #Birds #Environment #Great Indian Bustard #Wastelands
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Nikhil Taneja
Movie Review: The Hangover III is best watched when drunk
When the sequel to the awesome and fiercely original The Hangover released in 2011, only a certain kind of audience actually enjoyed watching it – those who hadn’t seen The Hangover. Since that’s basically no one, The Hangover Part II was a downer to fans. Someone should’ve told director Todd Phillip #Bradley Cooper #Hangover III #Movie review #Todd Phillip
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Nilofer D'Souza
Green cause: Here’s a spot-fixing that will actually work
Two days ago, a local group in Bangalore had a reason to celebrate. They had 112 spot fixes in 56 days. Hold on now, there’s no need to get angry for this is the kind of spot fixing. Most residents in urban concrete jungles whole heartedly welcome it. These spot fixes #Bangalore #Bangalore garbage dump #Environment #HowThisWorks #Responsible Citizens of Bangalore #Spot fixing #The Ugly Indian
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Arjun Parthasarathy
Rupee hits 10-month low: Will it cause a correction in stock market?
The Sensex and Nifty are just off by a couple of percentage points from all time highs, while the ten-year bond yield is at a three and half year low. The Indian Rupee (INR) is trading just off 3% from all time lows against the USD. The INR is trading #Bonds #CurrencyWatch #market rally #Rupee #Sensex
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Nilofer D'Souza
Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River: Should it be used for power or sports?
Exactly a month ago to this date, I returned from Nepal, where I had attended a workshop for South Asian Journalists on Climate Change and the Environment. It was my first time to Nepal, so I was curious to see what the country was like especially since it had a population #Bhote Koshi River #climate change #Environment #hydroelectric plants #Kathmandu #Nepal
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Malay Desai
Longevity? No thanks, IPL was always about last night’s game
Folks with grandparents, you’d know this. Most seniors are able to vividly recall an incident from 1942 about one cranky neighbour with the nasal twang who had his door painted blue on a warm May afternoon... but ask them what they had for lunch this morning, and they’d be clueless. #Cricket #Indian Premier League #IPL 2013 #IPL 6
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Jegannath Ramanathan
The five players who kept Rajasthan alive in the IPL
The IPL season is finally over. After 76 matches, the Mumbai Indians lifted the coveted trophy yesterday with a clinical performance in the finals against Chennai Super Kings. CSK fought hard and fought admirably, but they were stranded short on the last stretch. It can be said that the two #Ajinkya Rahane #Cricket #IPL 6 #IPL6 #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Rahul Dravid #Rajasthan Royals #Sports
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Jay Mazoomdaar
No ethics in an interdependent world: Nat Geo sells hunting stealth cam
I do not know how many of you read or watch National Geographic. I do, sometimes. Though a 2004 show (more on that later) on the channel taught me to be sceptical about even the very best in the business, the National Geographic Society has largely remained a sobering authority #Environment #Leopards of Bollywood #National Geographic #National Geographic Society #Stealth Cam #Stealth Camera #ThatsJustWrong
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Mahesh Vijapurkar
From IPL spot-fixing to political cop-outs: Why India has lost faith
If the Indian citizen is cynical, if he does not think that his going out to vote would make a difference, you cannot fault him. He is numb by now because he is unable to find a way out of the mess the country has been thrown into. He believes #A Raja #ConnectTheDots #Corruption #India #IPL spot-fixing #PAC #Pawan Bansal #Politics #Robert Vadra
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Aakar Patel
Can Nawaz Sharif finish what he began and strengthen ties with India?
The simplest way to understand the military's dominance of Pakistan is to observe that it is what the citizen wants. The expansion of this idea I will keep for another piece, but let's take a look at what Nawaz Sharif's third innings means for it. In his first term, Sharif was said #HowThisWorks #India #Kashmir #Nawaz Sharif #Pakistan #Pakistan Army #Tablighi Jamaat #World
