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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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Vande Mataram was always a Congress song. It’s the latest symbol BJP-RSS has claimed

Turning anyone who ever sparred with Nehru and Gandhi into a trophy of appropriation has long been both the Hindu Right's sport and strategy, and a rather successful one.

Is India becoming too dependent on Russian oil? The answer isn’t straightforward

Russia now accounts for about half of India’s crude imports. Experts say this reflects source diversification, but high concentration carries risks from sanctions, shipping curbs.

Modi govt opens up conventional missile production to private players. Astra & Pralay up for grabs

This opens up a market worth several thousand crores while allowing defence ministry to diversify and speed up production at a time when armed forces are looking to build missile stock.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.