From barbets to migratory starlings, birds are dying across India, yet collision deaths remain poorly documented. Without data, the issue is hard to treat as a serious threat.
While seabirds like Puffins and Arctic Terns, suffer due to warmer seas, other birds like the Little Egret benefit from the milder winters and have grown in numbers across the UK.
In the study, published in the journal PLOS One, researchers found that parrots can use names to identify specific people like their owners and may also repeat their own names to draw attention.
Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Golden Oriole, and Malabar Trogon have a lot of colour and costume to offer, if only you can peel yourself away from extravaganzas on social media.
When she is ready to lay her eggs, the female quickly tips them into the nest of other birds and leaves. Forever. That is the only engagement Asian Koels have with their offspring.
Classified as 'Least Concern' by the IUCN, the resilient Verditer flycatcher maintains a strong presence from the Himalayas to the southern reaches of India.
In India, this bird can be seen from the Northern Peninsular to even in the South, like Kerala. However, the most amazing photographs of its murmurations are from Gujarat.
The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
And the shenanigans start. The same journo will be gushing at the shiny facades when visiting China, SE Asia or any other foreign land.