'Havan' of cow dung cake can keep house sanitised for 12 hours: MP minister
India | Mar 08, 2021, 07:54 AM IST"This is science...," Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Usha Thakur claimed
"This is science...," Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Usha Thakur claimed
The Madhya Pradesh government started 'Pashu Dhan Bima Yojana' offering insurance cover to the indigenous cattle owned by farmers.
Amid bedlam, the controversial anti-cow slaughter bill was passed in the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday, with the Congress membersstaging a walkout in protest.
A 72-year-old farmer has died of burn injuries he received during an attempt to save his cows and calves trapped inside a burning thatched cowshed in Bahraich, police said on Sunday.
Jute bags are being sewed together to make thick curtains and covers. The same jute bags will be used to make cow coats which the cows will wear to stay warm during winters. The jute bags will be provided by the district supply department.
Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain visited the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur on Thursday and participated in rituals amid chants of vedic mantras.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that 2,000 new cow shelters will be constructed in the state which will facilitate stray cattle.
About 78 cows have died of suspected food poisoning at a government-aided cattle shelter in Rajasthan's Churu district. While these cows have died since Friday night, a few others are sick, an official of the state's Animal Husbandry Department.
Cow slaughter ban would be a reality in Karnataka in the near future, the BJP national general secretary C T Ravi said on Friday. Taking to twitter, the former Karnataka Minister, who is in-charge of party affairs in Maharashtra, Goa and poll-bound Tamil Nadu, said a law banning cow slaughter would be passed in the upcoming Assembly session.
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to form a 'Cow Cabinet' for the protection of cows in the state. Animal Husbandry, Forest, Panchayat, Rural Development, Home and Farmer Welfare departments will be a part of the one-of-its-kind cabinet.
Two alleged cow slaughterers were injured in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida after they tried to escape when they were taken to a spot where they claimed to have hidden weapons used for slaughtering cattle, officials said.
Thirty other cows, who were also taken ill at the Mata Mansa Devi Gaudham, are responding to treatment, an official of Haryana’s Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department told reporters in Panchkula.
More than 600 scientists and science educators have written to Vallabhbhai Kathiria, the chairman of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, seeking scientific evidence to back his claim that a cow dung chip can reduce radiation from cell phone.
More than 500 gaushalas produce such anti-radiation chips, which cost between Rs. 50 and Rs. 100. The aim is to make the concept popular so that is it adapted more.
As many as 33 crore eco-friendly earthen lamps or diyas, made from cow dung, will be produced by Diwali next month, the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog said on Monday. It is being seen as India's counter to Chinese lights.
Shoaib Akhtar also criticised the Pakistan team and its players for their insecure and confusing nature.
As the the BJP government in the state is mulling bringing back the anti-cow slaughter law, Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said that cows are like a member of the family and it was a ''crime'' to kill them.
At least 10 cows were found dead in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The incident was reported from a cow shelter in Dewas.
The need of the hour is to maintain communal peace. However, there are nefarious elements who are trying to disturb the peace by carrying out cow slaughter during Bakrid on the sly. Their efforts must be nipped in the bud.
The proposed law now includes a penal provision of imprisonment up to seven years for physical damage to the cow, and fine up to Rs three lakh in cases related to cow slaughter.
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