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Shirui Lily Festival begins in Manipur's Ukhrul district
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ukhrul (Manipur) [India], May 18 (ANI): Commemorating the significance of Manipur's state flower -- the Shirui Lily -- and to promote peace and harmony between different communities of the state, the first state-level Shirui Lily festival began here.
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St. Petersburg metro explosion: Putin lays flowers at blast scene
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
St. Petersburg [Russia], Apr. 4 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the scene of St. Petersburg metro bombing, in which at least eleven people were killed and several others injured and laid flowers at Tekhnologichesky Institut metro station.
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Vadodara: Students celebrate eco-friendly Holi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): The students of Prince Ashokraje Gayakwad School and their parents celebrated Holi with eco-friendly colours and flowers in the school campus here today.
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Punjab Agricultural University hosts 21st annual flower show
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana [India], March.2 (ANI): The department of Floriculture and landscaping of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organized a two- day event for the 21st Annual Flower show in Ludhiana on Wednesday in memory of former Vice-Chancellor Dr. M.S. Randhawa.
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Recycling tyres to save environment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dimapur (Nagaland) [India], Feb.9, (ANI): Rows of basins, buckets, flower pots and more, made from used tyres, sold along the highway in Dimapur's Burma Camp area, indicates that nothing goes wasted if one is creative.
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Pak unfazed by Misbah's recent dip in form
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Dec.22 (ANI): Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower has insisted that he is not worried about skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's dip in form and instead backed him to rediscover the same in the remaining two Tests of the three-match series against Australia.
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Use flowers and enhance your beauty
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 20 (ANI): The aroma of many flowers has powerful properties to bring calming effect on the body and mind by inducing relaxation, says beauty expert Shahnaz Husain, adding flowers provide an ideal defense against environmental and mental stress.
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Biologists unveil 51.7 million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): In a recent research published in Nature Plants, scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago.
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Demonetisation effect: NGO workers thank bank employees with flowers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 20 (ANI): Acknowledging the efforts and cooperation of bank employees across the nation, a non-government organisation (NGO) offered flowers to some of them in New Delhi, as a sign of their gratitude.
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Bathukamma festival reaches London amid fanfare
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 1 (ANI): 'Bangaru Bathukamma', a colourful and vibrant floral festival of Telangana celebrated by women with flowers that grow exclusively in the region, on Saturday reached London, its second destination, out of the nine global destinations it is being taken to b
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Time has come for India to reconsider MFN status granted to Pakistan, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): Maintaining that Islamabad is not interested having a good relationship with India, as they have thrown stones and thorns when flowers were offered, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Majid Memon has said the time has come to have a relook a
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Loss of elephants, megaherbivores could lead to rapid environmental change
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): According to a new research loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos could allow woody plants, non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach the grasslands in African national parks.
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