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  'Carterpuri': Why a Haryana village was named after Jimmy Carter | READ interesting story

  World | December 30, 2024 11:13 IST

  According to the Carter Centre, on January 3, 1978, Carter and then First Lady Rosalynn Carter travelled to the village of Daulatpur Nasirabad, an hour southwest of New Delhi. He was the third American president to visit India and the only one with a personal connection to the country.

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  MIT team develops inexpensive water treatment device for rural India

  World | July 21, 2016 22:56 IST

  Boston: A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a solar-powered, inexpensive prototype which could provide clean drinking water for Indian villages. The new system could solve drinking problem of

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  Indian village, where kids from age of 2 are taught to handle snakes

  India | December 17, 2012 8:45 IST

  New Delhi:  In southern Gujarat,  is a nomadic tribe called Vadi, where children at the age of two are taught to become snake charmers. This amazing tribe take great pride in their association with the

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  By Saturn's grace, an Indian village with no doors and zero crime

  India | December 05, 2012 6:19 IST

  Mumbai: Shani Shingnapur  is a small village in Maharashtra  which attracts pilgrims who believe in the god Saturn or Shani.  More than 100,000 people visit this town annually. Shani Shignapur is  located in Ahmednagar District