Lantana Camara: In the 1800s, Lantana Camara was imported to decorate colonial gardens: Today it has become one of India’s most widespread invasive plants

Lantana Camara (Photo: Canva) Two centuries ago, a British gardener probably admired its clustered pink-and-yellow blooms and thought it would look lovely around a garden hedge.Nobody could have guessed that this ornamental shrub would go on to outcompete some of India’s oldest forest cover on the ground, choke the undergrowth that herbivores depend on, and…

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Heart attack vs heart failure: Your heart can fail without a heart attack; what Indians often misunderstand

Ask someone what a heart attack and heart failure are, and there’s a good chance the two will be used interchangeably. Both sound frightening. Both involve the heart. And both can be life-threatening. But medically, they are not the same thing at all.The confusion is understandable, especially in a country where cardiovascular disease is a…

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