Scientists have discovered a new family of legless amphibians while digging through the mud in northeast India.

A University of Delhi researcher credited with discovering dozens of new frog species over the past 35 years has uncovered 12 more new species of the amphibians, as well as three others that were thought to be extinct.

A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly fewer deaths than villages that were less protected.

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By Rumu Banerjee (##include msid=2162032,type=11 ##) Colleges in University of Delhi have a task cut out for them. While the DU V-C has talked about a phased implementation of the OBC quota in the university, the talk does not inspire confidence among college principals.