The project named “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought” (BOLD) is the first of its kind exercise in India which was launched from the tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan by KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena in presence of MP Arjun Lal Meena and over 2000 local villagers.
Hailing from Chandrapur town in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, Meenakshi Mukesh in a bid to boost Atmanirbhar Bharat has prepared handmade Bamboo rakhis and tricolour badges for the Independence Day. Rakhis and tricolour made from bamboo sticks will be presented to PM Modi.
From using bamboo chicks and bubble-wraps to heat-resistant coating and portable coolers, the Railways is trying innovative ways to beat the heat inside isolation coaches deployed to treat coronavirus patients.
Parliament passed a bill to exclude bamboo from the definition of tree under the Indian Forest Act, claiming it would improve the earnings of tribals and dwellers living around forests.
The minister informed that a law made in 1927 had defined bamboo in the category of “tree” making it hard for people to use bamboo for furniture and other items as felling of trees is not easy.
Mohanpur (Tripura): Many tribals in Tripura are now eking out their living by cultivating bamboo, which has a very emotional relation with their lives. Pradip Debbarma cultivates bamboo in Simna colony in this block of
London: Indian security forces fighting Maoists, experts in laying landmines in India, can take a leaf out of Masoud Hassani's book. Hassani, at the age of 14 years, fled war-torn Afghanistan to settle in Holland
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