Month: October 2023

New Delhi, India Written By: Sidharth MPUpdated: Oct 21, 2023, 08:51 PM ISTIndian Navy's units recovering the crew module Photograph:(WION Web Team)Story highlightsExplaining the delay, and the resultant suspense, ISRO Chief Dr. S. Somanath said that the initial mission postponement was owing to weather-related issues. After the two weather-related delays, the mission suffered another delay owing…

“I don’t want to sound like we have a chip on our shoulder, but I’d like us not be viewed as ‘well done little island boy’, because I’ve been lucky enough to travel and eat in many places and I think we stack up pretty well.”So says Joe Baker at the end of our conversation…

With just 10,000 breeding pairs left, the endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) could be extinct in the wild by 2035 if the current rate of population decline continues.To protect the bird’s food supply and slow its population collapse, South Africa is throwing a protective no-fishing cordon around its main breeding colonies for a period of…

The Amazon river dolphin, or boto, is an integral feature of the rainforest’s biodiversity and culture, and is central to several Indigenous tales.Even though the dolphin isn’t fished for human consumption, it’s become endangered over the decades because fishers use its flesh as bait for catching piracatinga catfish.The Brazilian government earlier this year renewed a…

Screenshot: Poke Vault / YouTube / KotakuAnyone surprised by what manages to become popular on YouTube clearly hasn’t been paying attention. From magnet fishing for trash, to trampolining off high platforms, there’s a channel with over a million subscribers for everything. So it shouldn’t shock anyone that when it comes to watching other people open…

Features Newsday Yesterday Fried fish - Wendy Rahamut Environmentalists have been preaching for years that the shark species face extinction amid overfishing and the insatiable appetite for fins. Almost 100 million sharks are killed each year. And because they are slow growing specie, they take 16 years to reach maturity; demand certainly does not equate…

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Nigerian Navy Nigerian Navy Intercepts Boat Laden with Smuggled Rice in Lagos  The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has apprehended a wooden fishing boat laden with 44 bags of parboiled rice in the creeks of Agbara, Lagos State. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, by…