Modi's so called popular schemes were just renamed and originally belonged to Cong: Kharge

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March 7, 2019

Kalaburagi, Mar 7: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha M Mallikarjuna Kharge today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's so called popular schemes were originally belonged to Congress and they were renamed to gain political mileage.

Stating that Mr Modi's contribution to the most backward Hyderabad-Karnataka region and particularly to Kalaburagi is nil, Mr Kharge said that all most all the programmes and schemes launched by NDA government led by BJP were merely renamed versions of schemes launched by the previous Congress governments and no new populous schemes of BJP was launched so far though Modi government completed five year term in office at the Centre.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr Kharge said "Mr Modi was taking my name in the Parliament during the Session but he did not take my name during his public speech yesterday because he has no word to say that does not connect me with regard to development of the region."

Mr Kharge said that in his attempt to destabilise the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka, Mr Modi has called Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy as 'remote controlled' but the fact is Mr Modi is remotely controlled by RSS Chief sitting in Nagpur.

The seasoned Congress leader, Mr Kharge, who has won for more than 12 times including Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, declared that Lok Sabha 2019 election will be his last election and he will not contest in any more election because of his age factor.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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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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