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Nine New Species of Mushroom Discovered in India

Indian has been blessed with natural resources as we know. Natural resources such as coal, iron, gold, diamond, water, land and other living beings such as animals, birds, vegetables, fruits, crops etc . are found abundantly in India. But coming back to mushrooms ( belonging   to kingdom fungi ),   2,000 species of mushrooms have been discovered from India alone. And across the world, about 12,000 to 15,000 species of mushrooms are found. Canthrellus sikkimensis The small mountain state of Sikkim(India) situated in Eastern Himalayas, is emerging as a store of valuable or delightful things for botanists, mycologists and naturalists who in the year 2015 alone have discovered nine species of wild mushrooms. Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have found these species from North Sikkim state particularly in the sub alpine region dominated by coniferous trees. Mr. Kanad Das of BSI particularly   discovered the species. Mr. Das along with his tea...

HARVESTING DIVERTED WATER - An Innovative Idea and Inspiration For Others.

A success story written at Sinising located in Odisha(India) by farmers and a voluntary organisation named as Institute of Social Action and Research Activities(ISARA).   Now a days, people of this tiny village are happy a lot because even as the scare of drought looms large over several parts of the State, people are still able to irrigate their land. This is made possible only by using water from the continually recurring streams originating from the hill adjacent to the small village. A farmer in Odhisa working in his fields All of   this started around three years ago probably in 2012 when Institute of Social Action and Research Activities(ISARA) with help and support from Mennonite Central Committee, started the diversion-based irrigation system(DBIS) on their(residents of village) land. In this system, water originating from perennial (continually recurring) hill stream is brought to their land. Earlier, water from the perennial streams was going waste ...

DIESELGATE

Dieselgate is associated with the Volkswagen diesel car engines. It is the most talking point now a days as it is the biggest scandal in company’s 78 years history. Volkswagen is the name of a famous German car manufacturer situated at the Wolfsburg. But presently in news due to wrong reasons. As we know that a car has to go timely for pollution checking at pollution center. An unassuming 45-year-old American engineer Daniel Carded, appears an unlikely   type to take down one of the world’s most powerful companies. But he and his small research team at West Virginia University may have done exactly that, with a $50,000 study which produced early evidence that Volkswagen AG was cheating on U.S. vehicle emissions tests, setting off a scandal that threatens the German automaker’s leadership, reputation and finances. Carder’s team -   a research professor, two graduate students, a faculty member and himself performed road tests around Los Angeles and up the West Coast ...