Rajesh Balakrishnan

@vijaybarve @inaturalist @GBIF @ncfindia @IiserTirupati @NCBS_Bangalore @NatureMatesNat @keralabio @DragonflyIndia @spider_india @butterfly_india @IndianMoths Good to see more users and improved representation of geographical regions too, over the last year. Lock-down, awareness thru events like NMW have helped. Still a long way to go!

📢#India crosses 1 million records mark on @inaturalist today. More than 20,000 users have documented more than 23500 species (taxa) so far. More than 35% came in just year 2021. What factors do you think contributed to this growth?

@AmilaSumanapala @inaturalist Your experience and efforts have enriched iNat, esp. Odonates. Nice to see the odo hit 25000👏! Time is ripe for an Ode to Amila! 😊👍

Identifying @inaturalist obervations is one of my #Hobbies. For the past 2.5 years I have been IDing both recent and past #India #dragonfly and #damselfly obs the best I can. Today I completed IDing 25000 verifiable Indian odonate obs being the first to reach the milestone.

Urgent! The Compensatory Afforestation (CAF) Bill 2015 Must be Recast — Act Now! conservationindia.org/campaigns/why-…

sugar cane farmers suicide story . both the govt and development economists need only farm land , not farmers. downtoearth.org.in/coverage/crop-…

Looks like Sachin might get to a 100 while bowling! But then he already has 100 international 100s, including one as a bowler :-)

How to feed a child - the Cormorant way! picasaweb.google.com/10354979585948…

@Veekay80 Clyde Butts got married during the rest day of his debut test!

@Veekay80 Yes, glad for Chris Martin! Such a consistent bowler. And batsman too :-)

Sharda Ugra: Beware the euphoria of a whitewash. Hope everyone reads it now, esp. the commentators! espncricinfo.com/magazine/conte… via @espncricinfo

Eng 47/10 from 129/0!

Zimbabwe wins chasing 328!

Elsewhere Brendan Taylor was dismissed after quietly scoring 310 runs between dismissals. #dhoni

Does Ajay Jadeja hold the Indian record of 354 runs between dismissals in ODIs? #dhoni

@HariKrishnanP @prazy Yes @cricketaakash is an unsung hero, esp. in that Aus series, both with the bat and catching!

Trott 100! Cook-Trott 200!

@prazy Gambhir-Sehwag then Sunny-Chauhan. Overall RD-SRT, SG-SRT, RD-VVS

Cook-Trott recent partnerships - 329*, 173, 1, 175*

Cook 100 :-)

@Infosys Interpretation of the data is more important than the data itself :-). Data, Information, Knowledge!

I've a soft corner for Misurata. I hope that they recover soon; continuous fighting!