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India's Coastal Sea Snakes Are Highly Venomous, So Why Do They Almost Never Kill Anyone?

One of the Most Potent Venoms in the World, Living Just OffshoreThe beaked sea snake, Enhydrina schistosa, is responsible for more sea snake bites on Indian fishermen than any other species, and its venom has a median lethal dose that rivals Russell's viper. The yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus, ranges…

Lakshadweep Coral Reefs: India's Only Atoll System and Why Its Marine Species Are Disappearing Fast

Lakshadweep Coral Reefs: India's Only Atoll System and Why Its Marine Species Are Disappearing Fast

What an Atoll Actually Is, and Why Lakshadweep Is the Only One India HasAn atoll is not a beach with coral nearby. It is a coral structure that built the land itself. The 36 islands of Lakshadweep sit on top of ancient reef platforms that grew upward from submerged volcanic…

MDMK urges Union govt. to ‘deal toughly’ with Sri Lanka on fishermen issue

MDMK urges Union govt. to ‘deal toughly’ with Sri Lanka on fishermen issue

Arresting fishermen from Tamil Nadu appears to be a “routine” affair for the Sri Lankan Navy along the Palk Bay region and to put a permanent end to it, the Union government should deal toughly with the island nation and ensure the livelihood of fishers from the State was protected,…

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T.N. CM Stalin writes to Union Minister Jaishankar to secure release of 37 fishermen from Sri Lankan custody

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin urges Union Minister Jaishankar to take steps to release 37 fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy. He claims frequent arrests cause immense distress to fishermen community, creating pressure and panic. He demands India protect traditional fishing rights in Palk Bay region. 10 boats and 64 fishermen…

Meet these tailors from Thoothukudi who are stand up paddling champions

Three young tailors working at a textile mill in Kovilpatti, have swapped their sewing machines for stand up paddle boards and won the top three medals in the open category of the Palk Bay Stand Up Paddle boarding (SUP) championship

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

448 square kilometers in Palk Bay covering coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukkotai districts have been notified as the reserve

Fishing for workable solutions in the Palk Bay

A pragmatic approach is the first of options available to resolve the festering India-Sri Lanka fisheries issue

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Stalin urges PM to secure the release of fishermen

Stalin urges PM to secure the release of fishermen

‘Sri Lankan Navy’s attempts to infringe on fishing rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen in the Palk Bay have to be ended’

Tamil Nadu forms Marine Elite Force to strengthen protection in Gulf of Mannar

Tamil Nadu forms Marine Elite Force to strengthen protection in Gulf of Mannar

Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park will have two units initially

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