Over 50,000 saplings planted across 31 states on Hariyali Amavasya under Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Green Initiative

August 12, 2026 5:29 PM

Over 50,000 saplings planted across 31 states on Hariyali Amavasya under Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Green Initiative

More than 50,000 saplings were planted across 31 states on Wednesday as part of a nationwide plantation campaign led by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in collaboration with the Vriksh Mitra Parivar. The campaign, held on the occasion of Hariyali Amavasya, also drew momentum from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative. A major plantation programme was organised at the PBG Ground, Central Ridge, near Talk...

Amit Shah congratulates Gandhinagar on setting Guinness World Record by planting over 3.61 lakh saplings in one hour

July 13, 2026 11:08 AM

Amit Shah congratulates Gandhinagar on setting Guinness World Record by planting over 3.61 lakh saplings in one hour

Union Home Minister on Sunday congratulated the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), more than 25,000 volunteers and the people of the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency after they created a Guinness World Record by planting more than 3.61 lakh saplings in a single hour using the Miyawaki afforestation method. The record was achieved as part of a large-scale public plantation campaign undertaken across the Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency under the nationwide 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initia...

Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen

July 16, 2025 1:14 PM

Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen

There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature. The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that female moths detect ultrasonic distress signals emitted by dehydrated tomato plants and use this information to decide where to lay their eggs. Moths usually lay their eggs on tomato plants to provide food for their larvae after they hatch. The re...