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Although summer is some time away, Mumbai has already started welcoming the king of fruits a full month early. The prolonged & intense winter that hit the usually warm state last month resulted in mangoes being picked by farmers and transported to markets earlier read more »
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I have never seen Mumbai so cold in my 26 year living here. I think this is the coldest winter in Mumbai history. Even at day its cold (as I type right now my fingers are so cold and numb). It is so cold that I have avoided bath for 3 days :) . After all the analysis I have come to a conclusion, only 3 aspects can be blamed for this severe cold in Mumbai.rnrn1. Global Warmingrn2. Pakistanr read more »
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Why head to Goa or Mahabaleshwar when the city is seeing a nip in the air? After a warm Christmas, Mumbaikars can now look ahead to a chilly new year with minimum temperatures dropping to 14.5 degrees Celsius.

C V V Bhadram, the deputy director general of Meteorology at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Colaba, is confident that the city can welcome the new year in a cool atmosphere. "The read more »
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Concerned over the recent poaching of migrant birds in Navi Mumbai, the forest department has decided to provide protection to the birds that visit Maharashtra in winter.

The department is planning to appoint a forest guard at the creek where the birds hang around during their stay. read more »
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Has anyone tasted flamingo meat ?

You can get a dead flamingo in Nhava Sheva's JNPT area for a ridiculous Rs 40. Chicken, meanwhile, sells for a royal Rs 60 per kg.

The migratory birds, who grace the city during winter in the marshy mudflats, are shot by locals who use various innocuous methods.

And the rates for killing these innocent birds vary with the level of sophistication invol read more »
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