The Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra's Nagpur district has started a cooperative dairy project in its buffer zone to enhance the livelihood of people living there and reduce the pressure on the protected forest, officials said.
Under the project, 40 high-yielding milch cattle have been distributed in Awaleghat, Makardhokda and Chargaon villages and a milk collection centre has been established at Awaleghat, a release by Pench tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, deputy director Prabhu Nath Shukla said on Saturday.
Apart from helping the villagers earn more, the move is also aimed at stopping cattle f...morerom grazing in the forest by promoting stall feeding and reducing potential conflicts with wild animals, he said.
The Pench reserve, which derives its name from the river Pench, is spread over 741.41 square kilometres. At last count, it had 41 tigers, said officials.
Shukla said the project has come up with funding of Rs 25 lakh from the Forest Development Corporation Of Maharashtra under its
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A boot resembling those used by US and Ukrainian military divers has reportedly been found near the site
A diving boot similar to those used by US and Ukrainian military divers has been found near one of the ruptured Nord Stream pipelines in the Swedish exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea, The Grayzone reported on Monday. A correspondent from the outlet took part in what was described as the first independent expedition to the site of the sabotage.
The independent US media outlet published a video taken from an underwater drone showing an...more object resembling a black-and-orange diving boot lying on the seabed near what appears to be the remains of the Russian gas pipeline.
The footage was taken on May 24, when The Grayzone’s Jeffrey Brodsky traveled to the blast site aboard a vessel called the ‘Baltic Explorer’ as part of an expedition launched by a Swedish engineer, Erik Andersson. Another video showed Andersson launching the drone, with Brodsky sitting next to him.
The Grayzone reported that it was able to identify the boot model, which is very similar to the boots used by the US Navy. Ukrainian Navy divers trained by American specialists have also been seen wearing similar equipment, the media outlet said. Boots of similar appearance are also available at some commercial stores, though, it added.
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US can’t explain what happened to Nord Stream – Russia
The boot was spotted just five meters away from a small leak site in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The equipment was very similar to the Thor diver overboot produced by UK-based Northern Diver company, its military and commercial sales director, Neil Tordoff, told The Grayzone, adding, though, that he could not be totally sure of it.
“It’s part of a dry-diving suit that would normally be used in contaminated water to keep the diver safe,” he said, adding that “this item is used worldwide.” He also said that his company stopped producing this type of equipment amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Andersson contacted Nord Stream 2 AG, the company that operated the Russian pipelines, which “clearly” denied having used divers for construction or pipeline maintenance in the area. The company also told the independent investigator that it first discovered the boot back in February 2023 and reported it to Swedish investigators.
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New Ukraine link in Nord Stream sabotage case – Der Spiegel
The Grayzone also spoke to a source who had a contact with a diver from the HMS Belos, a Swedish Navy vessel that investigated the sabotage sites in October 2022. The diver involved in the Swedish investigation of the incident denied his vessel’s activities were in any way related to the appearance of the boot. The Swedish investigative authorities did not comment on the media outlet’s findings.
To date, no group – state body or otherwise – has accepted responsibility for the explosions that rendered three out of the four Russian undersea gas pipelines unusable in late September 2022. The incident took place soon after Moscow reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a wave of Western sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine.
In February, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh detailed evidence he claimed linked Washington to the attacks in an extensive report. Germany&...
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