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Five houseplants that remove dust from your home and purify the air
Mar 29, 2023, 06:30 PM ISTHouseplants can effectively remove harmful particles from the air in our living spaces. Specific houseplants have been identified as particularly effective at eliminating toxins commonly found in household products
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Vastu Shastra: These are the best plants to keep at home for wealth and prosperity
Mar 28, 2023, 11:40 AM ISTVastu Shastra believes that trees and plants can provide amazing benefits to homes. Money, snakes, rubber, jasmine, and other plants are among the most beneficial.
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World’s largest plant found! It is self-cloning seagrass in Australia; see pic
Trending | Jun 02, 2022, 08:58 AM ISTScientists have discovered the biggest plant on Earth off the coast of Western Australia. Covering 200 square kilometers, the gargantuan seagrass began from one single seed around 4,500 years ago.
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Vastu Tips: Place money plant in THIS direction of your house to get rid of all problems
May 07, 2022, 07:12 AM ISTVastu Tips: According to Vastu Shastra, placing a money plant in your house is considered auspicious. It helps bring positive energy to the house along with improving financial condition. Know what's the right direction to plant it in your house.
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Can milk and money plant together change your fortune? Here's how you can impress Goddess Lakshmi
Astrology | Feb 17, 2022, 11:51 PM ISTMilk is known as the nectar for Goddess Lakshmi. It is considered auspicious to offer milk and milk products to the Goddess of Fortune. Know what's the connection between the money plant and milk.
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Salasar Techno Engineering's new galvanising plant to begin functioning early-next year: MD
Business | Jul 29, 2021, 01:42 PM ISTThe plant, which will cost around Rs 50 crore, will be funded through bank loans as well as the company's internal accruals.
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Hero MotoCorp to resume partial operations at Haryana, Uttarakhand plants from May 17
Business | May 14, 2021, 11:51 PM ISTThe company had halted operations temporarily at its 6 plants in India in a staggered manner for four days from Apr 22 to May 2, which was then extended till May 16.
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ICRISAT launches new facility to accelerate plant life-cycle
Science | Feb 14, 2020, 11:32 PM ISTGiving a major boost to the efforts to modernise crop breeding, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on Friday launched new facility, which is projected to significantly lower time and cost of crop varietal development.
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Some plants may depend more on friendly fungi than own leaves: Study
Science | Oct 29, 2019, 04:22 PM ISTThe researchers, including those from the University of Tennessee in the US, found that certain root-associated, or mycorrhizal, fungi that associate firmly with the cells in plant roots are one of the largest influences on plant tissue nutrient concentrations.
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Plant-based food may boost your heart health
Health | Jul 28, 2018, 03:45 PM ISTThey found that specific risk factors varied from about a 2 per cent reduction (for blood pressure) to a 32 per cent reduction (for inflammation).
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What is this new rage on social media- ‘Veganuary’?
Fashion | Jan 22, 2018, 07:43 PM ISTIt has become the latest trend for those looking to bring in the New Year with a detox.
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Home decor tips: Best ways to decorate your space with plants
Lifestyle | Jan 17, 2018, 04:27 PM ISTGreen and ornamental plants can not just improve the air quality of your house but also help in making it lively.
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Plant compounds may boost brain power in older adults, claims study
Lifestyle | Nov 22, 2016, 04:30 PM ISTThe same compounds that give plants and vegetables their vibrant colours might be able to boost brain functioning in older adults, new research suggests. People get these compounds, known as carotenoids, from their diets,
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Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago
World | Oct 20, 2016, 04:44 PM ISTThe fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand have indicated just how Antarctic ice melted 23 million years ago, a scientist revealed on Thursday. The leaf fossils found at Foulden Maar,
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Adding this food to your diet can reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
Lifestyle | Jun 20, 2016, 08:14 AM ISTBoston: You don't have to completely alter your diet to significantly lower your risk of developing Type-Two Diabetes, suggests new study. Adding vegetables and cutting out meat and dairy products will make a huge difference.
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Coca Cola's plant in UP: NGT appoints local commissioner to inspect premises
India | Apr 10, 2016, 07:12 PM ISTThe National Green Tribunal has appointed a local commissioner to inspect the premises of beverages major Coca Cola's Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh and probe whether it was discharging effluents into a nearby pond
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JLR planning a plant in North America: Ratan Tata
Feb 27, 2015, 10:26 AM ISTNew York: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is mulling setting up a plant in North America to meet the growing global demand of its vehicles, according to Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata."The company (JLR)
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Emami Biotech plans plant in western India to expand footprint
Jun 17, 2014, 09:09 AM ISTKolkata: Emami Biotech Limited, the Rs. 3,500-crore biotech and edible oil arm of city-based Emami Group, is contemplating a third manufacturing facility in the western part of the country to deepen its footprint in the
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Banas Dairy goes to Varanasi to set up a plant
May 15, 2014, 11:08 PM ISTAhmedabad: Banas Dairy, a member of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (the owner of Amul brand) is going to establish a processing plant in Varanasi.“Banas Dairy will establish a processing plant at the cost
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Nokia says Chennai plant is unlikely to be part of Microsoft deal
Apr 24, 2014, 11:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nokia said that due to an ongoing tax dispute, its Indian mobile phone handset plant was unlikely to be included in a deal due to be concluded on Friday for the sale of