A jacana is seen on Wanjia Lake in Wuhan. CHINA DAILY In recent years, Tanghu Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, has become a new breeding ground for jacana, a rare water bird, following local government efforts to improve the ecology of ponds and lakes in the city. After the juvenile birds learn to fly in late September they move south, …
Maharashtra’s Vedaant Madhavan rewrote the national record in the 1500m freestyle event for group I boys at the ongoing 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships being held at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool in the iconic Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Leading the pack with a good pace and an efficient stroke, Vedaant clocked 16:01.73 to erase his state-mate Advait Page’s record of …
