The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said an intense spell of rain over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Bihar is likely to continue till August 15.
The country s first pollinator park with over 40 species of butterflies, honeybees, birds and insects has been developedoverfour acres at Nainital s Haldwani. Developed by the research wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department, the colourful park was inaugurated on Tuesday by renowned butterfly expertPeter Smetacek, Chief Conservator of Forest (Research) Sanjiv Chaturvedi said. The objective behind developing the park is to conserve various pollinator species, create awareness among people in general about the importance of conservation of these species and to promote further research on various aspects of pollination, including threat to habitat and impact of pollution on pollinators. There are at present 40 species of pollinators at the park, includingcommon jezebel, common emigrant, red pierrot, common sailer, plain tiger, the common leopard, the common moron, common grass yellow, common blue bottle, common four ring, peacock pansy, the painted lady, pioneer white, yellow o