Sohan Singh Thakur

april 🪻

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme. The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality. This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme. A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

⚠️ Advisory as on 07 April 2026.

The battle between Asian honeybees and hornets is remarkably scientific. Asian honeybees can survive temperatures up to 48–50°C. Hornets can only withstand up to 45–46°C. That 3-degree gap makes all the difference. When a hornet enters a hive to steal honey or larvae, thousands of honeybees swarm it and form a tight ball. By vibrating their flight muscles collectively, they raise the temperature inside to 46–47°C — just enough to cook the hornet alive. At the same time, CO₂ concentration inside the ball rises to near-toxic levels. A 3-degree advantage is literally weaponised. Aren't honeybees masters of thermodynamics?

I speak for everyone when i say leave them tf alone!!!

The Himalayan region and the Mishmi Hills can only feel this.

Only 1 in 1,000 olive ridley turtles born survive to adulthood. Their mother lays her eggs and returns to the sea—her job done, the rest left to instinct and fate. Eggs hatch naturally in ground nests. To overwhelm predators, females nest collectively in their thousands—a strategy of sheer numbers (#arribada), where the odds of survival improve simply because there are too many hatchlings to catch. Even the sex of the hatchling is decided by #nature. Warmer sand produces females; cooler sand produces males—a delicate balance now increasingly disrupted by rising temperatures. At night, hatchlings emerge and make their way to the sea, guided entirely by the moonlight/starlight reflecting on the water. On the shore, dogs, crabs, and hyenas await. Those that reach the water face sharks and whales. And in today's world, many never make it past plastic nets and marine debris. Yet those who survive carry something extraordinary within them. When females reach maturity, instinct guides them back to the very same shore where they were born—to lay their own eggs. The cycle completes. What other creature navigates its entire life, across vast oceans, purely by instinct?

Let's see your nature landscape ⛰️

There are no words.

Dogra Guluband

@Shokka_jammuala There is one in Bhagwati Nagar too.

There’s a Bharat Mata Temple 🇮🇳 🛕in Trikuta Nagar Extn, Jammu!

Across North India, cooking at functions and large gatherings by men is a well-established practice. However, this cannot be taken as a basis for interpreting that such societies are not patriarchal.

🚨⚠️ Earthquake in Jammu

In 1973 on this day Project Tiger was launched. Wild #tiger population in #India; 2006: 1411 tigers 2010: 1706 tigers 2014: 2226 tigers 2018: 2967 tigers 2022: 3682 tigers Today #India is home to 70% wild tigers of the world.

@Shokka_jammuala Proud moment for south asia

Eyeing No.1 spot in next year's list! 🙏

Measuring 75 cm in length and weighing around 3 kg, the Bar-headed Goose is one of the highest-flying birds in the world. Twice a year, it crosses the highest peaks of the Himalayas — breeding in Central Asia and wintering in India. With bold black bars on its otherwise white head, it makes the familiar honking call typical of geese as it flies. New Zealand climber George Lowe once claimed to have spotted these birds flying over Mount Everest itself, at 8.848 km. They have specialised haemoglobin that binds oxygen more efficiently, larger lungs, and a greater density of capillaries in their hearts—all adaptations that allow them to breathe and perform at high altitudes. It crosses the Himalayas in a single unbroken flight of just 7-8 hrs. What makes this even more remarkable is how it flies — not by gliding or soaring on thermal currents, but by flapping its wings continuously throughout the entire crossing. No shortcuts, no rest.

Drop a photo you clicked. No text. Let it speak.

The Indian Gaur (left) is found in hilly, dense forests and grasslands. India's largest wild cattle, it ranges in colour from black to brown, with distinctive white patches on its head and legs. It is currently classified as vulnerable and typically lives in groups of 5 to 12. The Wild Buffalo (right), by contrast, inhabits wetland areas and river valleys. India's second largest wild cattle, it is almost entirely black, with impressively large horns, and lives in much larger groups. It is the ancestor of the domestic buffalo and is classified as endangered.

Mountain with clouds 💙🏔

You enter a photo contest with the theme of “Tranquillity”, what photo would you submit? Let’s see them!! 📸 📷 #tranquility #photography