Stars who are using social media for greater good
by Akash Nihalani | February 19, 2021, 22:13 IST
Akash Nihalani checks out how our stars are using social media to make the world a better place
Thanks to the rise of social media, it is easier than ever before for Bollywood stars to connect with their fans. Everyone with a smartphone is using some form of social media. Interestingly, it’s slowly taking the place of traditional media as a reliable and a convenient way to get real news. Our stars have recognised it as a marketing tool to increase their popularity. While social media has emerged as the numero uno platform to promote their films and events, some stars are recognising it as a tool to spread goodness. They have used it to promote social causes, to talk about pertinent issues cropping up in the society, and have even boosted positivity in these dark times. We certainly need to tap the power of social media for altruistic reasons. We celebrate the charitable spirit o
Know more about snakes from the apps SARPA, SnakeHub, Snake Lens and Snakepedia
Many of us have ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes. In fact, it is the most commonly reported phobia among humans, making the availability of facts about this misunderstood creature very important. Help is at hand in the form of four Android-only apps dedicated to snakes launched in Kerala SARPA, SnakeHub, Snake Lens and Snakepedia. Kerala is home to over 100 species of snakes that belong to 12 families. Of these, the most common venomous ones are known as the big four: spectacled cobra, Indian krait, Russell’s viper and saw-scaled viper.
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Birders believe the lone duck lost its way and accompanied a flock of Indian spotbill duck to Maguri-Motapung Beel off its migratory route
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The lone Mandarin duck with an Indian spot-billed duck (foreground) on Maguri-Motapung Beel in eastern Assam. Photo: Special arrangement
Birders believe the lone duck lost its way and accompanied a flock of Indian spotbill duck to Maguri-Motapung Beel off its migratory route
A colourful duck from eastern Asia spotted in Assam after 118 years has raised hopes for a wetland that was affected by a blowout and inferno at a natural gas well in May-June, 2020.
A mammoth labour of love comes up in Konni
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Full-scale museum will showcase the unique relationship between humans, elephants
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On an abiding bond: A view of the elephant training centre in Konni that houses the elephant museum. The museum will be opened on February 19.
Full-scale museum will showcase the unique relationship between humans, elephants After years of wait, a full-scale museum that explores the unique relationship between the elephants and humans is finally set for a launch at the elephant training centre in Konni on February 19.
The museum a mix of curated, professional works on the life and evolution of elephants and different stages of captive elephant management will be the first of its kind in the country. The entrance wall of the building has huge-scale murals of elephants with a mixture of bright colours while touch screen kiosks and information panels narrating stories of human-elephant relationships have been se
The death of an elephant in the Nilgiris spotlights the tussle over a conservation project
The Sigur Elephant Corridor, connecting the Western and Eastern Ghats, is facing resistance because it will displace over 12,000 people.
The recent conflict between the owners of a homestay and a male elephant in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu, that led to the death of the tusker, has again brought into focus the tussle over land that is being earmarked for elephant movement in the area. The dispute, which has gone through years of litigation in the courts, got intense after the area to be acquired for the corridor was expanded, displacing those whose lives and livelihoods depended on the lands that were being earmarked for the animals.