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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicSarus crane

Topic: Sarus crane

Arif reunites with Sarus crane for ‘5 emotional mins’ at Kanpur zoo: ‘Flapped its wings, jumped around excitedly’

UP farmer Muhammad Arif met the bird Tuesday, 3 weeks after state forest officials took it away. Videos of the meeting show the crane in quarantine inside a cage within an enclosure.

Arif turned away from meeting sarus in Kanpur zoo. Next mission is SP politics, Instagram tick

Arif visited Kanpur’s Allen Forest Zoo for his reunion with the bird and was accompanied by his latest well-wisher, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.

Where does sarus crane that bonded with UP farmer belong? It’s a grey area, experts say

The story of Amethi man Arif, booked for keeping a sarus crane, has sparked debate. Sarus experts say situation is ‘unprecedented’, but how it is handled from now is critical.

Why was a sarus bonding with UP farmer? Media glorified friendship that shouldn’t have existed

Arif was definitely well-intentioned in helping an injured bird, but it is obvious that a farmer cannot be equated with an experienced rehabilitator.

Is star of UP’s viral man-bird friendship in the wind? Govt denies sarus crane ‘snatched from friend’ missing

The sarus crane was taken from Muhammad Arif after their videos went viral last month. Arif says he found the bird injured last year & nursed it to health.

Birds of a feather: An Amethi man rescued a sarus crane a year back; the two are now wingmen

About a year ago, the bird was badly injured in the fields in which Arif was working. With no prior knowledge, he took care of it and now it follows him everywhere.

Greater Noida to Gurgaon — 5 NCR forests that you must visit before Corbett

Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad have hidden forests too, some going back hundreds of years.

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Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.