ALLAHABAD: If you are a visitor of the Ganga Gallery of the Magh mela area and after witnessing the exhibits, you decide to leave but on the gate, you receive a ball, made of soil, ensure to throw at a piece of land where you would like to see a tree growing in future. This is “seed ball” manufactured by …
Plan is to create a world record Over 2500 students were involved in making seed balls. The district administration, in association with Martin Charitable Trust, organised the event at National Academy School, here on Tuesday. Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao inaugurated the event. It will continue for 72 hours and conclude on Thursday. “Students were involved in the task to …
Across cities and villages in India, an impending water crisis is at our doorsteps. India will face a water shortfall of almost 50 percent by 2030, if our water use continues its current pattern. The statistics are no longer just numbers on paper, they have become our reality. Water is the life and livelihood of rural communities. Agriculture accounts for …
Hyderabad: As part of National Volunteering Week and coinciding with Republic Day celebrations, Bhumi Hyderabad chapter organised a seed ball making event at Phoenix Arena, Hitech city. Around 30 volunteers participated in the event and added their efforts to the Seed Ball programme that focuses on increasing the green cover. In three hours, the volunteers prepared more than 3,000 seed balls. …
Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor, recently raised a parliamentary question during the ongoing Lok Sabha session, on the Government’s efforts on providing menstrual care facilities for girls and women. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, in his response, drew attention to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s scheme to provide subsidised sanitary pads through the centrally sponsored Menstrual …
