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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Navy-divers-retrieve-three-more-bodies-from-sunken-Sindhurakshak/articleshow/22059048.cms Navy divers have retrieved three more bodies from INS Sindhurakshak which had sunk on August 14 following multiple explosions, taking the total number of bodies recovere...

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http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/as-divers-find-sixth-body-mumbai-firefighters-recall-a-burning-waterfront/?ref=world&_r=0 MUMBAI— A little after midnight Tuesday, a loud explosion woke Dharmendra Kumar Jaiswal, the manager of a public toilet across the street from Mumbai’s navy yard. “...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23756348 India has ordered a review of its submarines' weapons safety systems, after initial investigations showed arms on board the INS Sindhurakshak may have played a role in its sinking. "Extensive checks on weapons-related safety systems and standa...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Seventh-body-recovered-from-submarine-INS-Sindhurakshak/articleshow/21916455.cms Rescuers from the Indian Navy on Monday extricated one more body from INS Sindhurakshak, taking the number of victims recovered from the fire-devastated submarine to seven even a...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Submarine-tragedy-US-France-Germany-offer-help-to-India/articleshow/21873651.cms Many countries including the US and France have offered help to India in its ongoing operations to bring out bodies in the sunken submarine INS Sindhurakshak. Navy sources here s...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/INS-Sindhurakshak-tragedy-Indian-Navy-divers-open-second-access-to-submarine/articleshow/21878092.cms "The divers have gained a second access to the submarine late last night when they successfully prised open the rear escape hatch which was submerged be...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Safety-rules-violation-may-be-behind-Indian-submarine-accident-Russia/articleshow/21880974.cms Violation of safety regulations could be the most likely cause of the explosions on submarine Sindhurakshak because of which it sank, Russian deputy prime minister ...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/INS-Sindhurakshak-Navy-sticks-to-accident-story-behind-submarine-disaster/articleshow/21871022.cms Preliminary assessments show "a plain and simple accident" in the "fully-loaded" weapons compartment of INS Sindhurakshak, which caused &quo...

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http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ins-sindhurakshak-five-bodies-found-dna-tests-needed-to-identify-them-406472?pfrom=home-lateststories The Indian Navy today said that the bodies of five of 18 sailors who were inside the INS Sindhurakshak when it went up in flames have been found, but cautioned that...

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There is also no word about the dockyard loaders/staff assisting the watch crew,of whom only 3 survived. Philip - While the 3 surviving Navy personnel may be able to clarify certain questions/events - as a rule (from my experience in the USN) - no civilian "dockyard loaders" are utilized ...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/world/asia/india-submarine.html?ref=world&_r=0 Mr. Guruswamy said the Sindhurakshak was the navy’s most advanced submarine and had Indian-made sensor equipment that made it more effective than its Russian designers and builders had envisioned. The submarine carr...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/world/asia/india-submarine.html?ref=world&_r=0 The bodies were so disfigured that officials intend to use DNA analysis to identify them, according to a statement from the navy. The state of the bodies, along with conditions within the vessel, which sank early We...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23721958 Diving teams have been working "non-stop" to get inside the submarine since rescue operations began on 14 August, the navy said. "Access to the inner compartments of the submarine was made almost impossible due to jammed doors and ha...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/the-life-of-celebrity-elephants-in-india.html?hp&_r=0 Life of Celebrity Elephants in Kerala - a good read... The demand for elephants is skyrocketing just as the supply is plummeting. In 1982, India banned the capture of wild elephants except to protect...

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I believe there was some mixing of Bengal Tiger and Siberian Tiger blood in Dudhwa National park. If you remember Prince "Billy" Arjan Singh, the famous conservator, he may have been responsible for it (but not intentionally). Back in the 70s, he made efforts to reintroduce big cats into ...

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NEWS FLASH India's first N-sub launched: Nuclear reactor of INS Arihant goes critical.

...ticker on NDTV.

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http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/the-trouble-with-indian-air-forces-mig-21-fighter-jets/?ref=world&_r=0 Blog on NYTimes re: MIG 21's - BR gets a mention... The MIG-21, which marked 50 years of service with the Indian Air Force in April this year, has been the backbone of the air force’s...

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http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?287236 Merlin - Here comes the book review to the "mind bender: of a book you had mentioned earlier... As for lions, the very symbol of today’s India, the Ashoka pillar, seemed to intuitively suggest they existed in Ashoka’s third century BC reign, when ...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/New-Great-Indian-Bustard-habitat-found-in-Jaisalmer-conservation-hopes-soar/articleshow/21176444.cms JAISALMER: The state bird and critically endangered Great Indian Bustard has found a new habitat. A flock of 24 GIBs was recently spott...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3LFTlDke_A

Bruce Reidel - Avoiding Armageddon: America, India and Pakistan to the Brink and Back ... (Not sure if it has been posted before)

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http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/green-versus-red Green versus Red The future of conservation in some of India’s most resource-rich forests hinges on how battles shape up between rebels and the State BY Jay Mazoomdaar EMAIL AUTHOR(S) ALL FOR ITS HORN: A rhino killed by poachers in Assam...

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http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/green-versus-red Green versus Red The future of conservation in some of India’s most resource-rich forests hinges on how battles shape up between rebels and the State BY Jay Mazoomdaar EMAIL AUTHOR(S) ALL FOR ITS HORN: A rhino killed by poachers in Assam...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avoid-further-time-slippage-Antony-on-Light-Combat-Aircraft-project/articleshow/20746401.cms Worried over the long delay in the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project, defence minister A K Antony on Monday asked DRDO and HAL to avoid further time slippage and st...

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http://www.openthemagazine.com/shorts/smallworld/2013-06-22#3 Saving the Indian Bustard There are only about 250 Great Indian Bustards left in the country. But now there is hope of the species’ survival. The Rajasthan government has launched a Rs 13 crore conservation drive for the Bustard, which ha...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Ghariyal-population-rising-in-Chambal/articleshow/20518559.cms The new ghariyal hatchlings at the national chambal sanctuary give a boost to ghariyal conservation. After more than 100 ghariyals died in Chambal between December 2007 and ...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/25-tigers-in-Sathyamangalam-forest/articleshow/20473646.cms ...and more good news ... ERODE (TN) : The Sathyamangalam forest in the district has registered an increase in its tiger population with 25 tigers being enumerated by the fores...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/With-103-tigers-Sunderbans-beats-official-estimates/articleshow/20484834.cms Good news from Sundarbans... It's official now. Sunderbans, one of the last surviving natural tiger habitats in the world, has a minimum of 103 tigers. And wha...

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http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/states-strive-for-balance-between-tiger-conservation-and-tourism/?ref=world Tigers and Tourism.... In July last year, the Indian Supreme Court banned tourism in the core areas of 41 tiger reserves in an attempt to protect the 1,700 tigers in the country. Thr...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160989 The resurrection of Nalanda University.... It was an eminent centre of learning long before Oxford, Cambridge and Europe's oldest university Bologna were founded. Nalanda University in northern India drew scholars from all over Asia, surviving for hundreds...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22713143 Three elephants have been killed by a train in the Indian state of West Bengal. One more elephant is reported to be seriously injured. The express train hit the animals near Marghat forest, 385 miles (620km) north of the state capital Calcutta, forest mi...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Nicobar-islands-declared-a-world-biosphere-reserve-by-Unesco/articleshow/20347819.cms The highly threatened Nicobar islands of India - home to 1,800 animal species and some of the world's most endangered tribes, has now been designated ...

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http://www.frontline.in/environment/wil ... epage=true

A close encounter with the Nilgiri marten, the elusive mammal endemic to the Western Ghats, after a 20-year-long wait.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw0aG4fvmNE

This must be pretty rare footage - Dhole (Indian Wild Dog)/Elephant face-off & then Dhole/Gaur face-off -

1) for the footage itself 2) Successful kill 3) The number of Dholes filmed together in one pack...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKmkpAy3QJI

Translocation of Asiatic Lions - Some questions posed to Dr. Ravi Chellam...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cMBM4Xi5Zc

Documentary on Gir National Park...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Li ... on_Project

Comprehensive write-up on Asiatic lion reintroduction initiatives in India...

For those interested - the PHVA (Asiatic Lion Population & Habitat Viability Assessment Report) (Link # 8 - Downloadable PDF) - is a good read.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22536571 India's tigers are facing extinction owing to a collapse in the variety of their mating partners, say Cardiff University researchers. They found that 93% of DNA variants found in tigers shot the period of the British Raj were not present in tigers today Pr...

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http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/whats-wrong-with-the-c-b-i-former-directors-weigh-in/?ref=world NEW DELHI —India’s premier federal investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, was reprimanded by the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the agency’s initial investigation into corru...

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http://www.frontline.in/environment/conservation/baigas-battle/article4653458.ece?homepage=true The fight of the Baigas of Madhya Pradesh to regain their traditional rights is also a fight to restore the diversity of their forests and to protect national wealth. But why were the Baigas putting so mu...

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IOW, the Gir lion is not an Asiatic lion but an african one and the "distinctive features" are a result of a genetic bottleneck. South Asians are not Asians/Indians but truly Africans - we just look this way due to genetic bottlenecks... :D Still wondering if I should spend the money to b...

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