How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. [How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties]( Nov 06, 2017 03:53 pm | Manabi Katoch Awarded the Krishi Samrat Samman in 2015, Gafarbhai Qureshi has collected over 5200 types of plants in his nursery and gives free information and training to farmers and students about these plants, herbs and trees. Here’s a glimpse of his journey! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How One Man Traveled 19 States, Studied 6 Crore Plants and Planted 5200 Varieties on Facebook]( [Physical Disability Will No Longer Stop You from Becoming a Doctor!]( Nov 06, 2017 03:38 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Your physical disability, no matter how severe, can no longer come in the way of you becoming a doctor. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has announced that it will now allow 21 categories of even severely disabled candidates to take next year’s graduate and post-graduate medical courses reports the Hindustan Times. MCI has taken […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Physical Disability Will No Longer Stop You from Becoming a Doctor! on Facebook]( [Here’s How the Govt Honoured Hyderabad’s Biryani, Baghare Baingan & Seviyan!]( Nov 06, 2017 03:17 pm | Jovita Aranha Immortalising three historic dishes of the Hyderabad trademark cuisine, the Department of Post issued stamps with photographs of the traditional biryani, baghare baingan and seviyan on Friday. These three mouthwatering dishes will be a pleasant addition to the already existing series of stamps of 24 different Indian dishes, including the famous Tirupati laddu. The India […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Here’s How the Govt Honoured Hyderabad’s Biryani, Baghare Baingan & Seviyan! on Facebook]( [Eradicating Poverty From India: Here’s One Interesting Approach That Is Working!]( Nov 06, 2017 02:43 pm | Vidya Raja Kumari Bai and her family hail from Debgaon, a village in Chattisgarh. Two persistent problems that the villagers were facing were lack of sustained year-long food security and low income from agricultural produce. Kumari Bai was exposed to the benefits of implementing a ‘System of Root Intensification’ (SRI) to all crops, which helped her generate […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Eradicating Poverty From India: Here’s One Interesting Approach That Is Working! on Facebook]( [IIT Guwahati Researchers Show How Oil-Spills Can Be Removed Using Cotton!]( Nov 06, 2017 12:45 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj The Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have demonstrated a material that can absorb oil at least a 100 times repeatedly. A team of researchers led by Dr Uttam Manna removed up to 95% of oil spills using superhydrophobic medical cotton, with oil of both light and heavy densities. The […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like IIT Guwahati Researchers Show How Oil-Spills Can Be Removed Using Cotton! on Facebook]( [Railways’ ‘Gold’ Project to Offer Passengers Better Services With 30 Overhauled Trains]( Nov 06, 2017 12:02 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Indian Railways is all set to go gold with its ‘Swarn’ project under which a new range of renovated premium trains will hit the tracks. With the New Delhi-Kathgodam Shatabdi express, which will be flagged off today, many premium trains, including Rajdhani and Shatabdi will offer premium travel experience for passengers. According to Times of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Railways’ ‘Gold’ Project to Offer Passengers Better Services With 30 Overhauled Trains on Facebook]( [These Government Schoolgirls in Puducherry Are Generating Electricity From Drainage Water!]( Nov 06, 2017 11:53 am | Jovita Aranha Knowledge is not power, implementation is. And two schoolgirls from the Government Primary School in Puducherry’s Kalitheerthalkuppam village, are doing just that. While it is common for most of us to scrunch our noses up in disgust at the sight and smell of drainage waters flowing through gutters, these Puducherry school girls have found a […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like These Government Schoolgirls in Puducherry Are Generating Electricity From Drainage Water! on Facebook]( Recent Stories You May Have Missed: [Poverty Has Many Faces: How a Glass of Milk Can Empower Thousands]( [Here’s How the Govt Can Give a Big Boost to Innovators in India]( [Six Tamil Nadu Villages Will Soon Be ‘Smart’ Thanks to American NRIs Who Adopted Them]( [150 Million Years in the Making, This Natural Wonder in AP Is a Must See!]( [Home to Over 60 Tigers, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve All Set to Become Twice Its Size!]( FOLLOW US: [FACEBOOK]( | [TWITTER]( | [GOOGLE+]( | [YOUTUBE]( Copyright © 2017 The Better India, All rights reserved. [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](