The Jute Corporation of India (JCI) will have a greater role this year in the pricing of raw jute in India. This year is particularly important because the production of jute is expected to be much higher in spite of the flood impact in West Bengal, the biggest producer of jute in the country. Purne...
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoI A superstition is anybelief or practice that is irrational, arising from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck.It is not based on rea...
I’ve just finished reading ‘Ten Million Aliens’ by Simon Barnes, a collection of articles that looks at animals in a new way. According to Barnes 80% of the living animals on earth are nematode worms. There are 28,000 species, of which 16,000 are parasites.They range from 2.5 mm to meters long...
Plants and animals are so interdependent that many plants change themselves, even where they grow, in order to accommodate insects. For instance, the bee orchid of the Mediterranean has adapted its colour, shape and texture to make itself look like a female bee. It also releases scents (pheromones) ...
I like lizards. I think their eyes are beautiful. I find it is possible to engage with them, however briefly. My granddaughter likes them too. But I know lots of people who will not enter a room which has lizards. Recently I received a letter from a child “Why do lizards enter my room and how can ...
Survivors of acid violence celebrated World Environment Day by planting saplings and creating awareness to protect ‘Mother Earth’ on June 5. The programme was organised by Kanoria Foundation and its social impact initiatives Acid Survivors Foundation India (“ASFI”) and Srei Foundation, along...
The aggravating global climatic crisis calls for raising awareness towards preservation of nature locally, nationally, and globally. Days like World Environment Day (WED) assist to raise consciousness among people and infuse a sense of responsibility towards safeguarding the environment from disastr...
World Environment Day, (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to call global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. With an aim to increase awareness on environmental issues among students and citizens, Kanoria Foundation and Srihari Global School t...
On May 23 the Government of India issued rules regulating the cattle market.Kerala went ballistic and, without anyone having read or understood the rules, issued threats against the government of India. Members of the Congress party went so far as to slaughter a baby cow in public and distribute the...
Veganism finally has meat eating on the run in the United Kingdom. Not only are the ad campaigns, all over metro stations, really big and powerful showing what happens in slaughterhouses, but people are actually listening to them and making a switch. So much so that The Independent newspaper had sta...