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  New Fire-Resilient Dicliptera Polymorpha Discovered in India’s Western Ghats

  In a significant botanical breakthrough, scientists from Pune's Agharkar Research Institute have documented Dicliptera polymorpha, a dual-blooming plant thriving in the fire-prone grasslands of the Northern Western Ghats. With blooms triggered by both post-monsoon rains and fires, this species represents a rare adaptation to its unique environment.

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  In A Rare Heist, 30 Thieves Steal 133 Tons Of Chicken To Buy Laptops, TVs In Cuba

  The 30 charged included shift bosses and IT workers at the plant, as well as security guards and outsiders not directly affiliated with the company.

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  Maharashtra College Students Set Up "Library" Of 100 Indigenous Trees

  A "library" of around 100 indigenous and rare trees has been set up at a college in Maharashtra's Latur city with an aim to encourage students to know more about these plants and preserve them, officials said.

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  350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say

  The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.

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  Unusual Security for 1,000 Sandalwood Saplings To Be Planted In Delhi

  A rare plan to grow 1,000 sandalwood trees in Lutyens' Delhi has begun with the arrival from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh of the first batch of their saplings, which will receive unusual pampering -- round the clock security guards.

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  Atacama Desert Experiences Rare Flower Bloom, Photos Viral

  The Atacama Desert, an arid region in northern Chile, is the oldest and driest desert in the world. But a lesser-known fact about the desert is that it explodes with new plant life every few years.

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  CHIPS Act Passed by US Senate to Boost Domestic Chip Manufacturing, Compete With China

  The CHIPS Act was passed by the US Senate on Wednesday, with a rare bipartisan vote. The act is aimed at boosting companies in the US to compete with China, while attempting to reduce the ongoing component shortage affecting the industry. The CHIPS Act will provide for about $52 billion (roughly Rs. 4,14,754 crore) in government subsidies for US se...

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  Rare "Lipstick Plant" Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 100 Years

  Researchers at Botanical Survey of India have rediscovered a rare plant from a remote district of Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh which is often called the "Lipstick Plant" (Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn).

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  Foxconn Protest: Women Force Change at India iPhone Plant, Sick From Bad Food, Crowded Dorms

  For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in India, crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms were problems to be endured for the paycheck. But when tainted food sickened over 250 of the workers their anger boiled over, culminating in a rare protest that shut down a plant where 17,000 had been working.

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  Watch: Neelakurinji Flowers That Bloom Once In 12 Years Blossom In Kerala

  Kerala is known as "God's own country" for more reasons than one. Beaches, hills, and forest teeming with rare plants and wildlife - the southern state is blessed with nature's bounty.

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  Why This Plant With Only 4 Leaves Just Sold For Rs 4 Lakh

  In New Zealand, a tiny plant with just four leaves has sold for NZ$ 8,150 - or over Rs 4 lakh. The rare variegated rhaphidophora tetrasperma is also known as Philodendron Minima.

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  Daimler Opens Mercedes-Benz Plant In Moscow Region

  German automaker Daimler officially opened a Mercedes-Benz factory near Moscow on Wednesday at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin, marking a rare foreign investment into Russia's car industry. The plant in the town of Esipovo 40 kilometers north west of Moscow is the first in years to be opened by a foreign carmaker in Russia where inv...

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  Tree, Thought To Be Extinct 2 Million Years Ago, Now Grown In Australia

  Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state is cultivating the rare Wollemi Pine or the "Dinosaur Tree" as an "insurance policy" for the sustenance of the fragile species, researchers said on Monday.

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  Researchers Find Rare Mineral In Plants For First Time

  This is the first time that the rare and unstable mineral has been found to be associated with plants. Read full report here.

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  'India Is Uranium-Rich Country': Nuclear Chief Dr Sekhar Basu

  For a very long time one has only heard that India is country that is not blessed with indigenous uranium and that unless we import uranium there will be no energy independence. However, India's atomic chief Dr Sekhar Basu asserts that thanks to new explorations India is can now call itself a uranium-endowed country. NDTV visited the uranium proces...