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BHAWANIPATNA:  In the small village of Nandol in Kalahandi, Patayat Sahu’s house stands out for its green canopy. The garden developed by the 65-year-old villager boasts a wide range of 3,000 medicinal plants and Sahu has grown all of it over only 1.5 acres of land behind his house.

The world’s highest mountain, Mt. Everest, brings to mind one of the most inhospitable places on the earth. Now breaking news in Cat News reveals that scientists have found proof of Pallas’s cat there in Nepal’s Sagarmatha National Park.

Assam is well endowed with a plethora of indigenous fruits like Yellow Plum or Mirabelle Plum (Xoon Bogori), Green Peach (Nora Bogori), Pomelo (Robab Tenga), Java Plum (Jamu), Indian coffee plum (Ponial), Hog Plum (Omora), White Mulberry (Nuni), Burmese Grape (Leteku), Rose Apple (Bogi Jamu), Bastard Myrobalan (Bhumura), Bullet Wood fruit (Bokul) and many more.

With the number of migratory birds soaring in the backwaters of Deogarh district in Odisha, there is a spurt in the tourists visiting the area to watch them. This has prompted the authorities to promote avitourism in the region in a big way.

"Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better": Malabar giant squirrel (also known as shekru), an all-natural technicolor coat endemic to India, stretch as much as 3 feet long—longer than eastern gray squirrel & svelter counterparts

IF YOU’RE PASSING BELOW A thick tree canopy in peninsular India and happen to hear a scurrying above you, be sure to look up. You might catch a glimpse of a striking squirrel whose fur appears to have been hand-painted with splashes of brown, orange, maroon, and black.

He not only discovered the first invitro fertilization technique of India, under him the first test tube baby of India Durga was born in 1978. But Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata never got his due recognition. On the contrary his feat was ridiculed at by his own colleagues, he was ostracized and finally out of frustration he committed suicide in 1981 after failing to get recognition. He could not handle constant criticism and the outright harassment he was subjected to.

India-Russia trade is reaching the peak of its potential. Within 9 months of this financial year, bilateral trade has increased by more than 200 per cent in YoY terms. Apart from strengthening bilateral relations, it has also set the tone for Rupee-Rouble trade.