AIIMS expert backs urgent care for Wangchuk, activist denies | India News

NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Saturday refused intravenous fluids, oral rehydration solution and medication despite an independent AIIMS expert endorsing Safdarjung Hospital’s assessment that he urgently requires fluid and electrolyte therapy. Doctors said Wangchuk remains conscious and haemodynamically stable but is showing clinical signs of dehydration, while his family has not yet consented to…

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Researcher says pesticides could be harming Carnaby’s black cockatoos

Alarming levels of pesticides have been found in food sources of the endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo, including levels well above regulation found at seed spills near grain silos.  Murdoch University PhD candidate Zoe Kissane placed GPS tags on wild black cockatoos in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt and collected seed samples from where they foraged. The samples,…

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