Thanks in no small measure to human intervention in the form of ‘development’, as human beings like to characterize it, temperatures are soaring across the globe, more so in the Indian subcontinent, where the tropical summers take a toll of body and mind even at the best of times. This year, with the India Meteorological Department predicting more heat-wave days than normal, the situation is going from bad to worse. And suffering along with the...
At least 30 monkeys were found to have drowned in a drinking water tank in a town in Telangana’s Nalgonda district earlier this week. The incident came to light when residents who had begun experiencing a terrible stench in the area alerted the municipal authorities. A search revealed the carcasses of the animals in the tank. According to the police, the tank is located in ward 1 of Nandikonda Municipality. An initial investigation suggested the...
