Rotten and bullet eggs found in meals served to schoolchildren in Namakkal district | Chennai News

Parents and teachers said the malpractice violated govt norms and endangered children’s health. NAMAKKAL: The school noon meal scheme in Namakkal district faced allegations of corruption after govt schoolchildren in Kumarapalayam were served bullet eggs that were rotten and infested with worms. Parents and teachers said the malpractice violated govt norms and endangered children’s health.Under…

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A third galaxy has now been found without dark matter, making one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries even harder to explain |

PC: W. M. Keck Observatory For decades, dark matter has been treated as the unseen framework around which galaxies take shape. Even the smallest galaxies are generally thought to be wrapped inside vast halos of it, with the invisible material outweighing the stars by a wide margin. That assumption has been challenged before by two…

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Pablo Escobar: Colombia to kill 80 wild hippos once owned by Pablo Escobar: Why are the African giants being killed? | World News

What began as a bizarre symbol of excess in a drug lord’s private zoo has turned into one of South America’s most unusual environmental crises. Deep in Colombia’s river systems, hundreds of hippos, descendants of animals once imported illegally by Pablo Escobar, now roam freely, far from their native Africa. Their numbers have surged over…

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Mahayuti has almost reached consensus on MLC poll seats, says Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis | Mumbai News

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the MahayutI alliance has “almost reached a consensus” on the seat-sharing talks for the upcoming MLC polls.The Mahayuti had almost finalised the seat-sharing formula, but BJP insisted that they get one seat either in Nashik or Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar from Shiv Sena and…

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Karnataka govt cracks down on illegal timber trade in Hassan forest division | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: A day after reports exposed a large-scale timber smuggling network worth several crores in the Hassan Territorial Forest Division, the state govt on Wednesday cracked down, ordering strict action against forest officials allegedly involved in the racket. Forest minister Eshwar Khandre directed the department to register criminal cases, seize vehicles used in the operation…

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