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72 new COVID-19 cases in Erode district
The Hindu
Erode district reported 72 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 1,03,762. While 67 persons were discharged, 880 persons continue to be under treatment.Salem district reported 54 fresh c
Erode district reported 72 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 1,03,762.
While 67 persons were discharged, 880 persons continue to be under treatment.
Salem district reported 54 fresh cases, taking the overall tally to 99,407. While 49 persons were discharged, 600 persons continue to be under treatment.
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When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.