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The relationship between sublethal pesticide exposure and oxidative stress in an ecologically relevant field setting is relatively unknown for reptiles. Oxidative stress is a multi-faceted concept that dictates key survival and fitness parameters in any organism. Fipronil and fenitrothion are two pesticides widely used globally for agricultural pest management. Using a field-based, BACI designed experiment we investigated the impact of sublethal pesticide exposure on oxidative stress biomarkers protein carbonyl and DNA damage (8-OHdG), in an arid-zone lizard species, Pogona vitticeps. A single...

It was very sad recently watching the tragic aftermath of the violent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Through no fault of their own, aside from living in an e

A very telling portrait of Zohaib Kazi: making music, surrounded by music, feeling music. TNSZohaib Kazi doesn’t venture into anything lightly. Nor does he look at things superficially; it seems, as though when Kazi focuses his attention on...

The unit-level data of the recently released Time Use Survey 2019 was used to analyse the participation and contribution of men and women engaged in agriculture and allied sectors for states and union territories of India. The pattern of daily time use in other activities like unpaid work, leisure, and self-care have also been presented. There is a need to share the unpaid

Sun, 04, 21 The presumption must be that in 2021 everything in pop culture, including music, has slowed down. However, having lived through 2020 when the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic had already hit the world, the music industry learned to adapt. Though Covid-19 is still a reality that has affected live music seriously, vaccines have brought the semblance of a silver lining. Given these abnormal times, major developments took place in the overall music ecosystem. “I can’t believe the news today/Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away/How long, how long must we sing this song?...