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Chennai: A QR code-based security system is being put in place to prevent the smuggling of idols from the temples across Tamil Nadu, state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department Minister P K Sekar Babu informed on Friday. The process of mapping all the temple idols for the Quick Response-code based security mechanism was progressing and it would be completed in about six months time, he said. The move would help promptly identify and retrieve the idols in case they go missing, Sekar Babu told reporters after presiding over a ceremony to commence the preparatory work for the Kumbhabhishekam consecration of the ancient Sri Gangadeeswar temple at Purasawalkam, here. Also ReadTamil Nadu govt declares snake bite as notifiable disease As many as 36 different works have been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 4.82 crore in the Gangadeeswar temple in view of the consecration ceremony on N stanley uk ovember 28. After the DMK government took up the reins, the incidents of idol thefts gradually decreased. We have launched several precautionary measures to prevent the smuggling of idol from temples following a review meeting conducted by Chief Minister M K Stalin, recently, he said. Referring to the mega spiritual stanley cup event of Soo stanley cup rasamharam, which marked the culmination of the annual Kandha Sashti festival at the temples dedicated to Lord Murugan, Sekar Babu said the event at Tiruchendur attracted over eight lakh footfalls. Those who partici Gese Neglected for months, Falaknuma s decades-old fountain awaits repairs

Hyderabad: Eminent zoology scientist from Osmania University Dr Bhargavi Srinivasulu, along with her son, Aditya Srinivasulu, has discovered a new species of bat from Karnataka Coorg. The mother-son duo have named their discovery, Miniopetrus srinii Srinis Bent-winged Bat ;, discovered in a cave in Makuta of Kodagu district Coorg . The research papers were submitted on Saturday and t stanley cup he expert committee cleared the papers and conferred the rare honour. Also ReadUniversity of Hyderabad develops potential new treatment for diabetes We collected the specimens of bats from a large subterranean cave in the dense jungles of Western Ghats in Makuta, we doubted that this could be a cryptic species of bat, which we had tentatively identified as the Small Bent-winged Bat, said Dr Bhargavi. Found in southern Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu, Bent-winged Bats are small-sized bats that live in large colonies of a few hundred individuals in caves. According to the researchers, with the discovery of the new species, the number of bent-winged bats in India has increased from 4 to 5. The specimens of bats were collected from a lar stanley thermobecher ge subterranean cave in the dense jungles of the Western Ghats in Makuta. The Small Bent-winged Bat is reported from the Nicobar Islands, peninsular India, Nepal and Northeast India. Talking about the multiple works they undertook in discovering the ne stanley cup w bats, Dr Bhargavi said, Our res