LUCKNOW: If you spot clean roads around La Martiniere Girls College and a no-polythene zone in zoo, the credit for it goes to Rehana Ali. It was Rehana's dedication and positive approach that has brought about a small but imperative change.

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Close to 700 koalas have been killed off by authorities in south-eastern Australia because overpopulation led to the animals starving, a state minister confirmed today.

Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville said the koalas were euthanised in the Cape Otway area, near the scenic tourist drawcard the Great Ocean Road, in 2013 and 2014.

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KOLKATA: Lack of awareness may have triggered the swine flu outbreak in the city, but a disaster — that can turn deadlier — is waiting to strike at several hospitals and nursing home in Kolkata. It has been found that the hospitals — both government and
private — are flouting norms at will while disposing of biomedical wastes.

Though the pollution control board is aware of the ground reality, it hardly has any power to put a curb on the malpractice. This makes the situation menacing.

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Navi Mumbai: Animal welfare activists have urged people not to throw colours on street animals such as dogs, cats and cattle this Holi, as it can be very harmful to them.

"Many times we see people applying colours on stray animals. This is rather painful for them, as they cannot wash off these chemicals from their bodies," said a city-based activist. 

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