Leaders of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena will visit New Delhi on Thursday to finalize seat-sharing talks in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha elections. After the first meeting of BJPNCP is Shiv Sena heads in Delhi in the first week of March, the BJP leadership postponed the meetings three times. The delay … Read more
To improve surveillance of dog bite incidents and rabies cases, the Center has directed state governments to register cases of bites caused by stray dogs and domestic animals separately. In an order dated March 7, the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) wrote to the states, ordering them to provide quality data on animal bites … Read more
Two red-eared slider turtles – a hatchling and a more mature specimen. Photo: RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Visitors to Hamilton Gardens can go reptile spotting at Turtle Lake, but the red-eared slider turtles the lake is named after are a global pest that don’t belong in New Zealand’s waterways. The Global Invasive Species Group ranked … Read more
Sushila Chang Photo: © Clarissa Lo A former head of Fiji’s university who was banned from returning to the country by the previous Bainimarama government has had his ban lifted. Shushila Chang, a former chancellor of the University of Fiji (UoF) in a bold move, had left during the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, violating … Read more
Photo file. Demand for asparagus is down 25 percent. Photo: RNZ/Susan Murray Asparagus growers are giving away travel vouchers worth thousands of dollars to help stimulate demand for the produce. They say that they lose money on every bunch of asparagus that is sold and they are also going back to the export market to … Read more
The dog suffered multiple injuries over a period of weeks, according to a veterinarian Photo: Provided / SPCA A woman who threw her dog against a wall, breaking several bones and puncturing her lung, has been sentenced to community detention by the Porirua District Court and banned from owning dogs for three years. The SPCA, … Read more
