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Food for thought — Actor and environmentalist Suresh Heblikar laments loss of natural habitats
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Food for thought — Actor and environmentalist Suresh Heblikar laments loss of natural habitats

July 7, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Senior actor and environmentalist Suresh Heblikar expressed deep concern over the destruction of natural environments, highlighting that seventy percent of the world’s lakes have been decimated. Speaking at the session on saving forests and land, he reflected on his early inspiration from Bengali cinema during his MA studies, where he was encouraged by his…

Green Thumbs Up
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Green Thumbs Up

January 16, 2024

Nurturing young minds in agriculture In the tranquil surroundings of Mysuru, specifically at Nypunya School of Excellence in R.T. Nagar, an innovative approach to education has emerged. This school strives for excellence in education, taking a significant step towards achieving this goal through its ICSE Curriculum School for Skills from I to X standard. One…

A Pharmacist’s Tryst with Green
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A Pharmacist’s Tryst with Green

June 5, 2023

Prakash waters plants and performs yoga daily at MUDA Park in Vijayanagar I Stage Mysore/Mysuru: Watering the plants and doing yogasana make for a healthy combination. While plants build a healthy environment, yogasana is for a better health. Meet Prakash, a 47-year-old resident of Vijayanagar I Stage in the city and a Pharmacist by profession,…

City’s own green Warrior
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City’s own green Warrior

April 27, 2021

By M.B. Pavan Murthy At a time when hundreds of trees are being felled in the name of development and infrastructure projects in city, a green warrior has been contributing his mite silently for the expansion of green cover by planting and nurturing hundreds of trees. N. Raghavan, proprietor of Raghulal and Co., a Pharmacy…

‘Heli-Tourism at the cost of ecology in Mysuru needless’
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‘Heli-Tourism at the cost of ecology in Mysuru needless’

April 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Politicians cutting across party lines and from within the ruling BJP have reiterated that Mysuru does not need Heli-Tourism from Lalitha Mahal surroundings at the cost of environment and after cutting hundreds of trees.  Apart from MP Pratap Simha, Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Opposition Leader and former CM Siddharamaiah, joining the chorus…

Green fingers drive out Corona-induced boredom
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Green fingers drive out Corona-induced boredom

January 11, 2021

By Shadan Muneer Every cloud has a silver lining. This adage has been proved right by multiple innovative ideas, entrepreneurship ventures and creative home makers during the current pandemic. Corporates have been thinking differently, schools and colleges trying new ways to engage with students and home makers have come out of their comfort zones and…

From Plastic to Paper
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From Plastic to Paper

February 18, 2020

By Rajkumar Bhavasar The world today is grappling with plastic pollution challenge. We have become addicted to single-use or disposable plastic with grave environmental consequences. It is true that plastic is valuable and when used wisely, plastic and environment can live in harmony. About 300 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced every year in…

Everyone should joins hands for environmental conservation: Yaduveer
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Everyone should joins hands for environmental conservation: Yaduveer

January 5, 2020

Mysuru: Stating that excessive use of plastics is one of the main causes for climate change,titular head of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar opined that it was important for everyone to join hands for environmental conservation. He was speaking at ‘Sankalpa-2020,’ the Fourth District convention of Mysuru Rotary District-3181 at USA…

Environment Day awareness
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Environment Day awareness

June 19, 2019

To commemorate Environment Day, the Lions Club of Mysore Nisarga distributed cloth bags to the residents of J.P. Nagar in city and requested them to desist from using plastic bags and make environment plastic-free. The event was witnessed by Club President Ln. S. Murthy and Lion Members from Lions Club of Mysore Nisarga and Lions…

“Day by day environment’s fresh air is getting polluted”, Regrets Environmentalist Alaknanda
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“Day by day environment’s fresh air is getting polluted”, Regrets Environmentalist Alaknanda

June 10, 2019

Mysuru: “Now-a-days man-made sources of the air pollution are industries, agriculture, power plants, automobiles, domestic sources,” said Environmentalist Alaknanda J. Adur, Coordinator of Sciences, Surana College, Bengaluru. She was delivering a talk on “Air Pollution” as part of World Environment Day celebrations at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Local Centre, here recently and said,…

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