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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicByculla Zoo

Topic: Byculla Zoo

White lions, jaguars, pumas. BMC floats tender for exotic animal zones at Byculla zoo

More than 20 exotic species such as black swans, pumas and white lions will be added to zoo as it gears up for Rs 500-crore makeover that includes a 'Cheetah restaurant'.

Not Noddy, Tom & Pingu, but ‘Adu, Sanju & Teju’—BJP wants Mumbaikar penguins to have Marathi names

Mumbai BJP leaders also held a protest outside the Byculla Zoo Monday to emphasise their demand for Marathi name for the penguins born on Mumbai’s soil.

Mumbai zoo made a colony of penguins. Birds ready for exchange, but Hyderabad making them wait

The penguins live in a special temperature-controlled exhibit. Their enclosure consists of a sand and rocky area, a water pool, and resting and nesting areas.

First penguin born in India dies within a week at Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo

Zoo officials said that penguin eggs and new-born chicks have a 60 per cent mortality rate due to various reasons.

Mumbai gets an Independence Day gift: India’s first penguin born at Byculla zoo

The penguin chick has been born to Flipper and Mr Molt, two of the eight Humboldt penguins brought to the city from Seoul in July 2016.

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

India working on lowering military reaction time to hostilities, boosting use of AI—CDS Gen Chauhan

On lessons from the ongoing West Asia conflict, he says that while US had superior technology and strike capability, Iran used geography to its advantage.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.