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‘Frogs are as important as tigers’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Frogs are as important as tigers’

The Hindu  

remembers that there were 220 species of amphibians that were described from India back in 2002 when he was working on his PhD. “Every year you have ten new species being added,” says Gururaja at a lecture he recently delivered as part of the Paraspar series organised by the Office of Communication at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. …

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Scores of amphibians have been recently discovered; but they are the most threatened vertebrate class in the world
1 year, 2 months ago

Scores of amphibians have been recently discovered; but they are the most threatened vertebrate class in the world

The Hindu  

Bird squawk or frog croak? “We now have around 465 species of amphibians,” says Gururaja, a faculty at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology. “When I wrote my thesis in 2002, India had 220 species, and I’d say there are 100-150 more to be discovered.” Even as biologists celebrate the discovery of new species, they are aware …

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Udupi administration welcomes CWG bronze medallist weightlifter Gururaja
2 years, 5 months ago

Udupi administration welcomes CWG bronze medallist weightlifter Gururaja

The Hindu  

Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 Bronze medal winner in weightlifting P. Gururaja, a native of Vandse in Kundapura Taluk, Udupi district, was given a rousing welcome by the district administration on his arrival to the hometown in Udupi on Sunday. CWG 2022 | Full List of Indian Medal Winners in Birmingham Speaking to reporters, Mr. Gururaja thanked everyone who supported him …

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CM Bommai hails Gururaja for clinching Bronze in weightlifting
2 years, 5 months ago

CM Bommai hails Gururaja for clinching Bronze in weightlifting

The Hindu  

P. Gururaja from Vandse in Udupi district clinched Bronze in the Men’s 61 kg weight category at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, 2022, on Saturday, consecutively winning the second medal after winning Silver in the 56 kg category at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. Congratulating him, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said with the medal, …

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Commonwealth Games: Weightlifters Mirabai Chanu, Bindyarani, Sanket and Gururaja earn first medals
2 years, 5 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Weightlifters Mirabai Chanu, Bindyarani, Sanket and Gururaja earn first medals

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India opened their account at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with medals for weightlifters Mirabai Chanu, Sanket Sargar and Gururaja. Commonwealth Games: India schedule, Results, Medals tally In the end, Chanu posted a Games record 113kg in the Clean & Jerk as well and had the job done with the first lift. It was a day for the lifters as Sanket …

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Gururaja takes things up a level and wins a bronze
2 years, 5 months ago

Gururaja takes things up a level and wins a bronze

Hindustan Times  

One of Gururaja Poojary’s last performances in the 56kg category came at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, where he won the silver. India's Gururaja Gururaja in action during the Mens 61kg weightlifting On Saturday returning to the Commonwealth Games, Gururaja earned his biggest international success in his new category, winning bronze in the men’s 61kg in Birmingham with a …

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Top news of the day: July 30, 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Top news of the day: July 30, 2022

The Hindu  

Gujarat riots forgery case: Bail pleas of Teesta Setalvad and Sreekumar rejected Ahmedabad Sessions Court on July 30 denied bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS RB Sreekumar in a case related to alleged forgery and fabrication of documents to frame innocent people in the cases related to the 2002 Gujarat Riots. Only Delhi government liquor venders to …

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Commonwealth Games: Meet Gururaja Poojary, son of a truck driver who bagged India's second 2022 CWG medal
2 years, 5 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Meet Gururaja Poojary, son of a truck driver who bagged India's second 2022 CWG medal

Firstpost  

Here’s everything you need to know about Gururaja Poojari, India’s weightlifting bronze medallist at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games India’s Gururaja Poojary won his second Commonwealth Games medal on Saturday when the 29-year-old weightlifter settled for bronze medal in the 61kg category in Birmingham. Gururaja lifted 269kg behind Malaysia’s gold medallist Aznil Bidin and Papua New Guinea’s silver winner Morea …

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CWG 2022 | Saket Sargar gets silver; Gururaja Poojary settles for bronze
2 years, 5 months ago

CWG 2022 | Saket Sargar gets silver; Gururaja Poojary settles for bronze

The Hindu  

After the silver of Saket Sargar in the 55kg weightlifting event, Gururaja Poojary settled for bronze in the 61kg event, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, on July 30, 2022. 2️⃣nd medal for 🇮🇳 at @birminghamcg22 🤩 What a comback by P. Gururaja to bag 🥉 with a total lift of 269 Kg in the Men's 61kg Finals🏋‍♂️ at #B2022 …

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Who is weightlifter Sanket Sargar - India’s first CWG 2022 medallist in Birmingham
2 years, 5 months ago

Who is weightlifter Sanket Sargar - India’s first CWG 2022 medallist in Birmingham

The Hindu  

Midday on a weekend isn’t usually rush hour on the Ahilyadevi Holkar road in the town of Sangli in South Maharashtra. Everyone would have been glued to that tiny screen, watching intently as Sanket Sargar won India’s first medal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a silver. “If we had to make a living, if I had to provide for Sanket’s …

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Where the wild things are: Take a walk inside India’s private forests
3 years, 6 months ago

Where the wild things are: Take a walk inside India’s private forests

Hindustan Times  

Nature has been kind to India. “I think one of the great challenges India’s forests face is encroachment,” says Vardhana. “What we’ve seen happening around the world this past year, where people were locked down and the wildlife started coming out onto the streets … people have to understand what a massive footprint humans leave behind,” Pamela says, “and how …

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New tree-frog genus offers hope of uncovering many more amphibian species in India
4 years, 1 month ago

New tree-frog genus offers hope of uncovering many more amphibian species in India

Hindustan Times  

Last month, a study led by Delhi University’s department of environmental studies described a new genus of an old-world tree frog called Rohanixalus from the Andaman Islands, named after the Sri Lankan taxonomist Rohan Pethiyagoda. Interestingly, despite the steep decline in their numbers and diversity, science is bringing to light fascinating new species of frogs every year in India. “Last …

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National weightlifting championships: Jeremy, Jhili shine
4 years, 11 months ago

National weightlifting championships: Jeremy, Jhili shine

The Hindu  

Jhili Dalabehera shrugged off her last year’s disappointing performance to claim the women’s 45kg title on the opening day of the National weightlifting championships here on Monday. While, Youth Olympics gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga overcame two 'no lifts' in snatch to emerge as men's 67kg champion. Both Kolekar and Gururaja did 152kg in their second clean and jerk effort before …

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Every frog has its day
5 years, 10 months ago

Every frog has its day

The Hindu  

hid behind a tree and called “ treeek.ting.ting.ting. Gururaja’s experiments with mimicry led to another species trying to out-compete him. The Hegde frog was talkative like Gururaja’s host in the area, Ashok Hegde. His curiosity and observations led to the discovery of one of the most enigmatic species — the kumbara night frog. Researchers knew of no other amphibian that …

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