The sighting of 'tagged' turtles on February 22 night, the day mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles started this year, established the belief that these marine creatures prefer Odisha for laying eggs.
The delicate marine species which have dug out neat pits on the sandy beach have so far laid over whopping seven crore eggs.
Ten marine fishermen were arrested for illegally fishing in the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, a protected turtle congregation zone in Odisha's Kendrapara district. Their fishing trawler was also seized, and they were remanded to judicial custody.
Environmentalists suspect that the cause of death of these endangered turtles could be sea pollution and mechanised fishing activity.
The vulnerable Olive Ridleys returned to Mumbai's shoreline after 20 years!
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While companies in India are busy using the platform provided by movies to promote their brands and products, home-grown steel major Tata Steel has sponsored a commercial film to talk about environmental issues. Hello Zindagi, a movie venture supported by Tata Steel and Dhamra Port Company Ltd, which released on March 5, highlights the sensitive issue of the conservation of Olive Ridley turtles in the story.
Save the environment is the latest brand promotion mantra.
Sources in Greenpeace said the representatives of different environmental NGOs are meeting Tata Steel MD B Muthuraman next month. Despite the allegations from various quarters that it has twisted facts and forged reports about the presence of rare Olive Ridley turtles near Dhamra coast in Orissa -- the site where Tatas with partner L&T are developing Rs 2,400-crore (Rs 24 billion) port -- global environmental NGO Greenpeace is bracing for its next phase of action, which may w
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Gladiator 2 delivers an epic experience that may not replace the original in viewers' hearts but certainly earns its place beside it, notes Sonil Dedhia.
This State-corporate 'cooperation' didn't begin with the arrival of the Modi government.
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An ecological disaster is in the making in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest spanning across the Indo-Bangla border, after an oil tanker collided with an empty cargo vessel. The incident spilled nearly 350 tonnes of oil into the Sela river, threatening the survival of multiple species of flora and fauna.
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Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were only 96 of them left. The census this January noted their count at 1,682.
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