Jains

For the first time, scientists from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have planted hing saplings in Himachal Pradesh’s Kwaring village.

The Coir Board will be making the huts entirely from parts of a coconut tree such as its trunk and leaves, to make it look and feel different and natural.

Jalgaon in Maharashtra is often in the news for droughts and farmer suicides. But amidst this bleak picture, two farmers from here were invited to share their success stories at a seminar organized by Harvard University -- and this was made possible because of a third farmer from the same district.