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Tulsi Gowda: Meet 72-year-old 'Encyclopedia of Forest' who was conferred with Padma Shri
Gowda is known as the ‘Encyclopedia of the Forest’, as she possesses vast knowledge about the herbs and plant species found across the world. She has worked for the environment for over six decades and has planted more than 30,000 saplings as well as taken care of the nurseries of the forest department.
12 lakh farmers benefit from paddy procurement in KMS 2021-22: Centre
The Department of Food and Public Distribution (F&PD) under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said it procured over 209.52 LMT paddy during KMS 2021-22 from the procuring states and UTs like Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Bihar.
Amid claim of violence, BJP wins 34% seats unopposed in Tripura civic bodies
Officials of the State Election Commission (SEC), which is conducting the politically important civic polls, on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has already secured the majority in the seven civic bodies in Jirania, Ranir Bazar, Mohanpur, Bishalgarh in Western Tripura, Santir Bazar and Udaipur in southern Tripura and Kamalpur in northern Tripura.
Padma Shri awardee Harekala Hajabba accorded hero's welcome in Karnataka
The whole country saluted the 65-year-old Hajabba for his contribution and appreciated his humility for walking barefoot towards the dais to receive the honour from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. Hundreds of people gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport to welcome him. As soon as he landed and emerged from the lobby, his fans surrounded him and felicitated him with bouquets and shawls amid cheering and clapping.
Nawab Malik hits back, says Fadnavis made a 'mountain out of molehill'
Malik dismissed Fadnavis' sensational allegations that a Malik-linked company Solidus Investments Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL) had entered into a prime land deal in Goawala Compound, Kurla, at throwaway prices with two alleged associates of the absconder mafia don, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.
Fadnavis exposes Nawab Malik's 'land deal' with Dawood's men
Releasing documents of the 16-year-old deal before the media, Fadnavis said that a company connected with Malik, Solidus Investments Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL), completed the land transaction in Kurla with M. Salim Ishaq Patel and Sardar Shahvali Khan, both close aides of Dawood and the latter a convict sentenced to life imprisonment in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
4 infants die after fire breaks out in Bhopal hospital
The fire broke out on Monday. A total 40 children were in the special ward of the hospital at the time of the incident. Of these four died, and 36 were evacuated to safety by the fire officials along with the hospital staff, said Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang. A fire official told IANS that the department received information about the fire around 10.30 p.m. on Monday, after which nearly 12 firefighting engines were rushed to the spot immediately.
Jammu and Kashmir: Another civilian killed by terrorist; setback to Kashmiri Pandit's desire to return home
This was the second targeted killing in Srinagar in last two days. Earlier, a police constable in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar was shot dead by militants on Sunday. The terrorists had shot and critically wounded the salesman Mohammad Ibrahim Khan by brutally firing at him multiple times in the old city Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar.
National capital Delhi's temperature dips to 13 degrees
Delhi's maximum temperature of the day will settle at 28 degrees Celsius as per IMD predictions. The relative humidity recorded at 8.30 a.m. was 85 per cent, said IMD. On Monday the minimum temperature was 14 degrees Celsius and the maximum was 29 degrees.
Winter Session of Parliament to begin Nov 29, end on Dec 23
Like previous session, the sitting of both Houses - the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha - will be held simultaneously in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines and Members of the both Houses are expected to follow social distancing norms. There would be about 20 sittings of each House and the government is likely to introduce Bills to facilitate privatisation of public sector banks which was announced in the General Budget this year.
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