Dolphins

They Thought It Was A Shark Or Dolphin In Water. It Turned Out To Be...

Offbeat | Tuesday June 30, 2020

The video begins with a fin protruding out of water - a sight that would make anyone think of a shark. But it wasn't a shark that this fishing group encountered off the coast of Wales, it was something else entirely.

Drop Everything And Look At This Dog Meeting His Best Friend, A Dolphin

Offbeat | Friday June 19, 2020

Gunner the dog and Delta the dolphin have created a huge splash on social media with their adorable friendship.

10 Days On, Assam Oil Well Still Leaking Gas; Biodiversity At Risk

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday June 6, 2020

The natural-gas producing well of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district continues to spew gas even 10 after the incident, causing grave damage to the region's wetlands and biodiversity. Images shared by locals on social media show gas condensate depositing in the Maguri beel wetland, dead carcasses of endangered Gangetic do...

Gas Leaking From Assam Oil Well For 5 Days, 2,000 People Evacuated

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday May 31, 2020

Amid a spike in coronavirus cases and the first wave of floods in Assam, the state is bracing for yet another crisis - for the last five days an oil well owned by Oil India Ltd in Upper Assam has been releasing natural gas into the air after a leak. Sources said Oil India officials are still working to plug the leak.

IIT Project Helps Increase Dolphin Population In Odisha's Chilika Lake

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 29, 2020

A research project by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has helped Odisha's Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water body, in tripling the population of the Irrawaddy dolphins.

IIT Madras Researchers’ Intervention Triples Irrawaddy Dolphin Population In Chilika Lake

Education | Edited by Anisha Kumari | Friday May 29, 2020

IIT Madras Researchers' project at the famous Chilika Lake in Odisha, has resulted in a seven-fold increase of fish catch benefitting over 200,000 fishermen living in 132 villages.

Dolphins, Missing Public Attention, Bring Gifts From The Sea For Humans

Offbeat | Friday May 22, 2020

A pod of dolphins in Australia has been bringing gifts from the sea to the shore - apparently because they miss interacting with humans during the coronavirus pandemic.

Why Dolphins Appear To Glow In This Surreal Footage

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Wednesday April 29, 2020

Surreal footage captured off the coast of California shows a pod of 'glowing' dolphins swimming in dark water.

Viral Video Of Dolphins In Meerut Stuns Internet. Watch

Offbeat | Monday April 27, 2020

A video that is being widely circulated on social media shows the elusive Ganges river dolphin swimming near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.

Coronavirus: Dolphins Swim Close To Turkey Shore Amid Lockdown. Here's Why

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 1, 2020

A lull in boat traffic and a fishing ban in Istanbul forced by the coronavirus pandemic has proved good news for some of the city's most-loved inhabitants -- the dolphins that swim in the fish-rich waters of the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia.

Dolphins Get Excited On Meeting Sloth At Aquarium Closed Due To COVID-19

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Friday April 3, 2020

The Texas State Aquarium treated the Internet to delightful pics of their dolphins meeting a sloth.

Video Of Dolphins Off Mumbai Coast Is Viral Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 29, 2020

Videos of dolphins, apparently swimming near Mumbai seashore, have gone viral on social media, with some attributing the phenomenon to lack of fishing activity recently owing to the coronavirus situation.

Researches Claim New Way of Hacking into Virtual Assistants Using Ultrasonic Waves

Darab Mansoor Ali | Tuesday March 17, 2020

Virtual voice assistants are susceptible to hacking like most online tools. Researchers at United States' Michigan State University's College of Engineering have now further proven the fact, by discovering a new way of hacking into a person's personal device by engaging virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and the Google Assistant through ultrasoni...

146 Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins Sighted In Odisha's Chilika Lake

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 21, 2020

A large number of endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins were sighted in new areas of the Chilika lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country.

Lance Klusener Replaces Phil Simmons As Afghanistan Head Coach

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 27, 2019

Lance Klusener had previously worked as batting coach of Zimbabwe and South Africa, and head coach of the South Africa domestic side Dolphins, as well as bowling coach of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.