The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse is a bird of barren, semi-deserts & is sexually dimorphic. It feeds on small seeds & is heavily reliant on water, despite living in hot, arid climates and is known to travel up to 80 kms during summer for water.
MoEF&CC
Ramesh Pandey
WWF-India

#DubaiFloods force cancellation of flights at world's busiest airport

Vishal Vivek reports

It isn’t easy building a high-value product in the complex world of AI. Thrilled that our company, Frammer, has won huge recognition at NAB, the world’s largest broadcast event. “Product of the Year” nom! Kawaljit Singh Bedi Arijit Chatterjee

Summer is the breeding season for all these Bee-eaters in North India. They make nest holes in vertical walls along water bodies. Clockwise - Blue bearded bee-eater, Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Blue-tailed bee-eater, common green bee-eater.
MoEF&CC
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
Ramesh Pandey

Eid goodies in office from Mohd Asim ~ عاصم ! 😄

एक दिन में 500 किलोमीटर से ज्यादा का सफर ... मामा के घर से शुरू हुआ सवालों का सिलसिला 3 पहर तक चलता रहा Shivraj Singh Chouhan (मोदी का परिवार )

Lakhisarai, Bihar. 2009. Almost feels like all this happened in another life …

#Exclusive | 'Targeting 12+ Seats In Assam': Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (Sarbananda Sonowal (Modi Ka Parivar)) To NDTV's Ratnadip Choudhury (@RatnadipC)

#BREAKING #SupremeCourt observes that there are no reasonable grounds to believe that accusations against Shoma Sen in the #BhimaKoregaon case are “prima facie true”.

SC says :

Allegations do not reveal commission of UAPA offences restricting bail.

No prima facie evidence of…

#ElectionsWithNDTV | How Congress, BJP Candidates Are Campaigning In Manipur

@ratnadipc reports

#TheNews

Who was Mukhtar Ansari and why were his life and death both so closely linked to the murky politics of Uttar Pradesh.

Here, I try to unravel the many layers of the Mukhtar Ansari story and his political relevance in East UP.

My piece for the The Quint

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Today is the B’day of NDTV UP Bureau’s oldest member after Late Kamal Khan Sir. He has been a part of this Bureau for more than 24 years now & has seen many young journalists becoming veteran. Babu Ram Ji gets offended if you don’t drink his tea.Happy B’day to Babu Ram Ji

I want to thank my editors at NDTV for the opportunity to report from #Manipur and tell the stories about the human cost of the conflict. I thank the producers for the edits that brought the story alive.

A big #ThankYou to Ratnadip Choudhury for explaining the context of the conflict

Semal, Palash (Tesu/Dhak), and Mandar (Indian Coral Tree) are 3 different tree species.
All are flowering these days. Watching closely helps in identifying them distinctly.

A thread.
Early last year, I saw this video about a convoy that had been stopped in Pasighat, Arunachal. It contained elephants, on the start of an uncomprehending journey from lush green Namsai to Jamnagar, Gujarat. twitter.com/RKharmujai/sta…. #Vantara

ढाई साल पहले मैंने पांच राज्यों में यात्रा कर आर्सेनिक प्रदूषण की समस्या को कवर किया था। करीब 1 घंटे की जो डॉक्यूमेंट्री बनी वह आप यहां देख सकते हैं। लिंक इस पोस्ट के साथ है। इसके साथ ही कई रिपोर्ट भी लिखी जो न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की वेबसाइट पर पढ़ी जा सकती हैं।
ग्राउंड वाटर में…

A bear chasing away young tigers. An interesting capture from Dudhwa. Terai never ceases to surprise us.

VC: Ritesh Patel

Remembering Satish Nandgaonkar. 2015, when we were colleagues at The Hindu, Mumbai. One of those rare gentlemen in the field. Sensitive, polite, always calm, hardworking. We would often eat lunch together in his cabin. I fondly remember the peanut chutney he would pack for me.

Spring marks the onset of breeding season of Peacock,with male showcasing their attractive plumage to win hearts of female partners.The male engages in tough territorial fights with competitive males to keep them away.
Bhupender Yadav (मोदी का परिवार)
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
MoEF&CC
National Tiger Conservation Authority
UP Tourism

Sarus crane in districts of central U.P. are known to live amicably around human habitation, agriculture fields, ponds & wetlands. The tallest flying bird of the world is also the State bird of U.P.
Bhupender Yadav (मोदी का परिवार)
MoEF&CC
UP Tourism
Incredible!ndia
NatGeoTravellerIndia
Ramesh Pandey