Odisha Partners with the World Food Program(WFP) to launch India's first 24/7 'Grain ATM'

14th August celebrations. Pepsi sponsored.😭😂😂

New wetlands added to the Ramsar sites list

#Biodiversity #conservation #environment

✍🏻‘Skills on Wheels’ initiative

When someone asks aur kesi chal rahi hai life... 🙂

14th August - Partition
Horrors Remembrance
Day
▪️ Modi had announced to
observe this day in 2021.
▪️ The Partition of India in 1947
was a pivotal moment in
South Asian history, leading
to the division of British India
into two independent
countries: India and Pak

14th August
Malayalam New
Year
▪️ Vishu is a cultural festival
celebrating the Malayali New
Year in Kerala.
▪️ Vishu falls on the first day of
the month of Medam in the
Malayalam Calendar.
▪️ The day also marks the onset
of the harvest season.

The book "75 Great Revolutionaries of India" was written by Bhim Singh, a BJP MP from Bihar.

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance...

An excerpt from Jawaharlal Nehru's Tryst of Destiny speech, August 15, 1947

Happy 78th Independence day to all of you ❤️🇮🇳

New: Shocking scenes inside RGKar as ruling party TMC goons attacked and vandalise the protest stage, doctors and the emergency building.

Countdown for President Rule begin....

Food Safety & Standard Authority of India is neither taking Safety of Indian Citizens seriously nor it checks the standards of the products.

Study Overview : Toxics Link, an environmental organization, conducted a study to check if Salt & Sugar brands in India 🇮🇳 contain Microplastics.

🔸 Microplastics Found : Study found that all types of salt+ sugar :-
-Big brands
-Small ones
-Packaged
-Unpackaged
had microplastics.

🔸Types of Microplastics: Tiny plastic particles(fibre , pellet, films , Fragments ) that can come from various sources like plastic packaging , Contamination of water sources , Manufacturing process ,pollution in the environment.

🔸Size of These Microplastics: 0.1 mm - 5mm

🔸Health Concerns : Microplastics can be harmful as they can enter our bodies when we consume these products, potentially leading to health issues
-Inflammation [chronic diseases]
-Respiratory Problems,
-Cancer
-Neurotoxicity

Gujarat Government has decided to introduce submarine tourism, which allows visitors to explore the submerged city of Dwarka, Republic World has reported.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed withMazagon Dock Shipbuilders to launch India's first-ever underwater tourism facility, proposed to become operational by Diwali in October 2024.