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Now, more than ever, we are seeing disagreements within the Jewish community about the current conflict, which thankfully reached a cease-fire recently. More and more voices, especially Jewish ones, spoke out forcefully against Israel and its self-defense tactics that included painful decisions to bomb places where Hamas stores its weapons and rocket launchers: many of which are in civilian areas, including homes, offices, and even in the building that housed journalists like the AP.
Coal town bird lovers raise awareness on conservation Founded by ex-banker AK Sahay, Dhanbad Birders set up thought-provoking exhibits
In a bid to promote bird conservation, a group of 30 bird lovers under the banner of ‘Dhanbad Birders’ have been working relentlessly over the past three months to raise awareness among the masses.
The group, in order to achieve its goal, has been doing a range of activities, including installing 25 thought provoking exhibits, submitting reports to the concerned authorities about the presence of a wide range of birds and demanding bird conservation steps by declaring the sites as prohibited areas.
Founded by a retired banker A.K. Sahay on September 14, the club through an extensive survey across the town has identified six spots that are hotspots of bird-watching and has presence of at least 20 species.
Birding Billasmer
Whilst birding the western mountains we visited Billasmer looking for Arabian endemics. We managed to located two Arabian Magpie, Arabian Wheatear and small flocks of Yemen Linnet but not much else. Other common birds seen included Laughing Dove, Dusky Turtle Dove, Gambaga Flycatcher and Little Owl. Little Owl is a species not easy to see in the Kingdom but the arwa of An Namas and Billasmer seems a reliable and regular place to see them since we first discovered birds here several years ago.
Dusky Turtle Dove