2-day strike by trade unions may hit Bengaluru

TNN

January 7, 2019

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Commuting in Bengaluru is likely to be disrupted on Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of a two-day nationwide protest called by trade unions against the Centre’s anti-labour policies.

KSRTC and BMTC buses, autorickshaws and banking services are likely to be affected. App-based cabs, airport taxis and Metro trains will operate. There’s no clarity yet on education institutions and cinema theatres.

Members of the All-India Trade Union Congress said they will hold demonstrations at Jigani, Bommasandra, Whitefield, Peenya and Doddaballapura, besides staging a march from Town Hall to Freedom Park beginning around Tuesday noon.

Chandregowda S, a treasurer with the KSRTC Staff and Workers’ Federation, said workers from KSRTC’s northwestern and northeastern wings, too, will participate in the protest.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

News Network

December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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