Two killed in building collapse. Trains and other services take a hit. Normal life paralysed.

The order has driven the normally abundant Jyoti potato virtually out of currency. Traders say the economics just doesn''t work out.

Speaking to mediapersons, Mamata narrated how she conveyed her decision to the minister.

Speaker Biman Banerjee said under Assembly rules, the CM can make a statement on any issue and no question must be asked.

A K Ganguly is best known for being part of the bench that quashed 122 2G spectrum licences issued in 2008.

He said the party needed to motivate people to build a movement against "state-sponsored terrorism".

Launched under the West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013, Chief Minister said, the handbook would strengthen the public service delivery mechanism.

President said Ordinances should be normally promulgated only in the event of immediate need.

Karat said BJP and RSS are trying to add fuel to the fire of communalism in the country.

The Centre on Monday announced setting up of a slew of new hospitals and expansion plans for several existing ones to bolster health care facility in West Bengal.

Even as Finance Minister pulls out all the stops to narrow high fiscal deficit, the subsidy bill will overshoot the target of Rs 1.79 lakh crore in this financial year due to higher crude oil prices

Open access to consumers especially for 1 Mw and above is yet to take off on a large scale. However, the Economic Survey is completely silent on this aspect, though it does mention that open access at the inter-state level is now fully functional.

The Economic Survey 2012-13 acknowledged that the $100 billion Indian information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) faces some serious competition from many of the developing countries

Survey reiterates commitment to fiscal consolidation

The estimate takes into account a normal monsoon, further moderation in inflation and a mild recovery in global growth

The farmers of Dindori, the emerging hub of grape cultivation near Nashik, are fanning out to exports, wine grapes cultivation and wineries

While average rainfall figure for Uttarakhand between June and Sept stood at 1,199 mm, Doon valley received 2,240 mm

It''s no longer serving its purpose only in the household kitchen. High-quality potato produced in the lower region of Himachal Pradesh....

Along with experiencing a bumper wheat crop this season, farmers in Uttar Pradesh are also forced to sell their produce for as low as Rs 910 per quintal...

With large parts of the country being declared drought-hit, the need for a safeguard against vagaries of nature is being felt like never before.

The bumper apple crop in Himachal Pradesh this year has failed to translate into good news for growers yet again. Drought and hail have damaged the fruits....

No freight subsidy yet for transporting crop to other states.

Giant Noor Jahans grow only on three trees left in the Katthiwara area of MP''s Alirajpur district

Early this year, the farmers had fetched more than Rs 1,200 for cardamom.

Besides, the solvent extraction technology is also not environment-friendly.

The air is cool and dry in the hills of Himachal Pradesh.

Drip irrigation growing year by year in Maharashtra, bringing rich rewards to farmers and helping save water

Kashmir warms up to cultivation of its countless medicinal plants

A Maharashtra village''s farmers thrive on a shift to strawberry

In malnourished belt, a cooperative rescues farmers by procuring uncommon veggies.

According to the International Monetary Fund, the pandemic is expected to cause the biggest recession since the Great Depression

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Chorus song of the indri (Indri indri: Primates, Lemuridae): Group differences and analysis of within-group vocal interactions Baker-Medard, Merrill S. A.; Baker, Myron C.; Logue, David M. The loud chorus songs of the group-living lemur Indri indri are a striking feature of rainforest areas of eastern Madagascar. Despite some research on the conspicuous vocal display of the indri, two hypotheses have not been addressed: do groups differ in the acoustic properties of their songs, and is there evidence of coordinated singing between individuals within groups. We recorded and analyzed the songs of three indri groups to examine these two questions. To answer the first question, we made quantitative spectral measures on songs of the three groups and performed multivariate analyses of the acoustic features of the notes constituting the songs. Our results showed songs of the three groups differed significantly, although there was overlap between groups. To answer the second question, we classified note types and quantified their occurrence as overlapping and abutting pairs. We found non-random associations between sequential note types in all three indri groups. These associations were consistent among groups, suggesting that individuals follow consistent answering rules when contributing to choruses. Whether indris use acoustic group identifiers in management of behavioral strategies and how within-group coordinated note production might function remain unknown. We compare our results to a number of taxonomically diverse species that live in groups and broadcast chorus and duet vocal signals. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) applies.

A locally funded Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) genome sequencing project increases avian data and advances young researcher education Oleksyk, Taras K.; Pombert, Jean-Francois; Siu, Daniel; Mazo-Vargas, Anyimilehidi; Ramos, Brian; Guiblet, Wilfried; Afanador, Yashira; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Christina T.; Nickerson, Michael L.; Logue, David M.; Dean, Michael; Figueroa, Luis; Valentin, Ricardo; Martinez-Cruzado, Juan-Carlos Background: Amazona vittata is a critically endangered Puerto Rican endemic bird, the only surviving native parrot species in the United States territory, and the first parrot in the large Neotropical genus Amazona, to be studied on a genomic scale. Findings: In a unique community-based funded project, DNA from an A. vittata female was sequenced using a HiSeq Illumina platform, resulting in a total of ~42.5 billion nucleotide bases. This provided approximately 26.89x average coverage depth at the completion of this funding phase. Filtering followed by assembly resulted in 259,423 contigs (N50=6,983 bp, longest=75,003 bp), which was further scaffolded into 148,255 fragments (N50=19,470, longest=206,462 bp). This provided ~76% coverage of the genome based on an estimated size of 1.58 Gb. The assembled scaffolds allowed basic genomic annotation and comparative analyses with other available avian whole-genome sequences. Conclusions: The current data represents the first genomic information from and work carried out with a unique source of funding. This analysis further provides a means for directed training of young researchers in genetic and bioinformatics analyses and will facilitate progress towards a full assembly and annotation of the Puerto Rican parrot genome. It also adds extensive genomic data to a new branch of the avian tree, making it useful for comparative analyses with other avian species. Ultimately, the knowledge acquired from these data will contribute to an improved understanding of the overall population health of this species and aid in ongoing and future conservation efforts. Sherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (CC BY 2.0) applies

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