RSP scrambles to dispel rumours of LDF inclination
The Hindu
Electoral defeat was no ground to leave the UDF: RSP State secretary A. A. Aziz
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) on Tuesday struggled to dispel widespread speculation that some of its top leaders had prospected for accommodation in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the wake of the party’s poor showing in the 2021 Assembly elections. The LDF had soundly trounced RSP’s three candidates at the hustings. Shibu Baby John lost in Chavara, Babu Divakaran in Eravipuram and Ullas Kovoor in Kunnathur.About 7 km before reaching Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road junction on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, a structure resembling the silhouette of a giant tyre attracts the attention of passing-by motorists. This landmark spread across 10 acres of land in Naguvinahalli in Srirangapatna taluk, features a vintage car museum that has become the latest attraction for visitors to Mysuru.
“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.