Youth Against Corruption stages protest against black money

October 18, 2011

Mangalore, October 18: The Mangalore chapter of Youth Against Corruption on Tuesday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here as part of the organisation's nationwide protest against the black money allegedly deposited abroad by Indians.

The protesters demanded the United Progressive Alliance government repatriate money stashed away in tax havens abroad.

They also burnt an effigy of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

In a memorandum addressed to the President of India and submitted to Deputy Commissioner, the YAC alleged that corrupt politicians, officials, industrialists and business tycoons in this country have deposited over Rs 400 lakh crore in Swiss banks.

The memorandum urged the union government to pass a resolution in the parliament to bring back hard earned money of Indians from Swiss banks. It also urged the cancellation of currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 to control the corruption in the country.

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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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