When and why: Vat Savitri Vrat 2026 falls on May 16, honouring Savitri’s devotion and seeking blessings for husbands’ longevity through fasting and banyan tree worship. What to prepare: Guides list ...

Madhya Pradesh HC permits tree-felling for an Army infrastructure project but says NGT approval is required in cases pending before the green tribunal.

Vat Savitri Vrat 2026 will be observed on May 16 by married Hindu women for the long life and well-being of their husbands.

The Vat Savitri Vrat is considered an extremely special and sacred fast for married women in the Hindu faith. Observed ...

The death of a woman in a vehicle accident near Dharwad has turned out to be a case of supari killing involving her husband who connived with four men to make it look like an accident. Four of the ...

In many parts of South Asia, chewing betel nut, also known as supari or areca nut, is a culturally ingrained habit. In India, supari is often added to paan, which is served up in many regions as an ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

After retiring as Reliance's Senior VP, Bibekananda Mishra turned to sustainable farming in Odisha. He transformed ancestral land into orchards and agroforestry units, added protected farming for ...

The Barun trees surrounding Patan’s Agnishala temple are bowed with age — curving over stout brick walls of the temple, its gnarled branches threading through power lines. Rain drips from its glossy ...

Despite increasing domestic production, Nepal’s betel nut market is overwhelmed by cheap imports and illegal re-exports to India, leaving local farmers in crisis. Authorities fail to contain a deeply ...

The once-famous market for betel nuts, known as the “Supari Line”, in the border town of Kakarbhitta was renamed “Suryodaya Marg” years ago. This change does not signal that the betel nut trade has ...