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Luxury resorts close in on Goa’s sand dunes

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By Lisann Dias
| Flipboard
3 hours ago India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in gold medal match at Asian Games with Hasan Nawaz's 96 in vain in reply to 211-6. India have beaten their fierce rivals Pakistan by 19 runs to win Asian Games cricket gold after a pulsating final in front of a small but raucous crowd in Nagoya, Japan. World T20 …
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Luxury resorts close in on Goa’s sand dunes

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By Lisann Dias, Soni Mishra, Vaishna Roy Verified
| Frontline India Verified
Waves crash against the white sands of Varca, a beach town in South Goa. Unlike much of Goa’s crowded coastline, where tourism infrastructure has crept to the water’s edge, this stretch remains quiet and open. Sand dunes, some up to six metres high, rise along the beach, supporting vegetation adapted to saline conditions. Parts of the State’s sandy ecosystem date back 6,000 years. Today, these dunes face a threat.
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Mumbai bus drivers bristle at India’s tactics to electrify a century-old fleet

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By Lisann Dias
| Eco-Business Verified
Meanwhile, BEST’s own training, when it hired permanent drivers, lasted between three and six months, drivers say. Driving a bus in Mumbai requires certain skills. Motorbikes and pedestrians can emerge in front of the bus without warning, so drivers must be able to brake quickly and accelerate to make up for time lost in traffic, Gaikwad says. But the EV buses are poorly maintained by contractors, resulting in brake failure and other mechanical issues, he adds.
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Mumbai bus drivers bristle at India’s tactics to electrify a century-old fleet

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By Lisann Dias
| Dialogue Earth Verified
On 15 July 1926, the coastal city of Bombay received a new, convenient means of public transport: a big, bright red motor bus. A century later, these buses throng the congested streets of what is now Mumbai. From early morning well into the night, their deep, low honk punctuates the incessant din of the city. The buses belong to the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), a body run autonomously under Mumbai’s municipal corporation, BMC.
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New-to-science catfish sheds light on west-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats

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By Lisann Dias
| Mongabay India
The second Amblyceps fish species has been discovered from the Western Ghats. West-flowing rivers are less explored compared to their east-flowing counterparts. Despite intensive sampling, very few specimens were found, possibly indicating sparse populations and endemicity. See All Key Ideas A new species of freshwater catfish has been described from the northern Western Ghats in Maharashtra and Goa.
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Lisann Dias, Lisann Dias is an independent journalist and writer who writes on travel, food, climate change and science., The Federal

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By Lisann Dias
| The Federal Verified
Lisann Dias is an independent journalist and writer who writes on travel, food, climate change and science.
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