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Crinum Andhricum: New Flowering Plant Discovered in Eastern Ghats

Botanists have recently identified a new flowering plant species named Crinum andhricum. This discovery took place in the...

📅 November 15, 2024

Heat Dissipation in Plants

Scientists have directly observed the process by which plants dissipate excess light, to prevent damage, using spectroscopy, for...

📅 March 11, 2020

Negative impact of palm oil use in developing countries

The use of palm oil is widespread in developing countries because of its cheap availability. It is extracted...

📅 December 7, 2019

Experts recommend resilient agroforestry for Kerala

The College of Forestry of Kerala Agriculture University recently hosted a 21 days Winter School on ‘Agroforestry for...

📅 December 4, 2019

Assam cabinet approves bamboo and can policy

On 18 Nov, Assam cabinet has approved Assam Bamboo and Cane Policy with the objective to achieve sustainable...

📅 November 20, 2019

World Bamboo Day 2019

World Bamboo Day is observed on September 18 every year to increase the awareness of bamboo globally. As...

📅 September 20, 2019

Uttarakhand government to carry out bio-fencing to reduce human-animal conflict

To reduce human-animal conflict, the Uttarakhand government has decided to carry out bio-fencing by growing various species of...

📅 September 19, 2019

Vinesh Phogat becomes first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 53-kg category...

📅 September 18, 2019

Scientists from BSI recently discover two new species of Zingiber

Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have recently discovered two new species of Zingiber (commonly referred to...

📅 September 14, 2019

World Coconut Day (WCD) Observed on 2nd September, 2019

The World Coconut Day (WCD) is observed every year on 2nd of September to increase coconut farming with...

📅 September 4, 2019

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