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Mummy of King Tutankhamen

NEAA cancels environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining

In three separate decisions says no to Vedanta, Kotli-Behl but approves Bhavanapadu power plant

Shift Mumbai trans-harbour link alignment, demand environmentalists

Mumbai development authority shows no sign of relenting; invites bids

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Oil slick threatens island near Sweden

Ancient exploding harpoon found

Two more vulture species under threat

Is it diclofenac?

Hotels, golf course to come up at the Victorial Falls Heritage site

Polynesians might have discovered the Americas before Columbus

Antique cave art under threat

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Western Ghats get World Heritage Site tag

It is recognised as one of the world’s eight hottest hot spots of biological diversity

Vulture numbers rise in Girnar hills

Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist

A hard rain’s falling

Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans

Demwe hydroelectric project put on hold

Wildlife board worried over the impact of public-private project on wildlife habitats

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Did Welspun fudge facts for its coal-fired power plant in Mirzapur?

Project will destroy forestland and wildlife, say non-profits; Centre's decision on environment clearance yet to be made public

Cuban crocodiles near extinction; inter-breeding with other species main reason

Study finds breeding between Cuban and American crocodiles is more extensive than thought earlier

Tribunal on trial

It has been four years since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act was passed by Parliament for effective and expeditious disposal of cases …

Evolution in times of climate change

The origins of some of our fundamental traits could lie in climate change

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Finally, a recovery programme for the neglected bustards

Will MoEF plan save the rare birds endemic to Indian grasslands?

Apocalypse not now

There is much in serious Mayan scholarship to assuage fears about the world ending on December 21, 2012