More than a billion people in India celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali on Monday as a state government secured the ...

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Diwali, India 's most significant annual festival, holds particular importance for Hindus but is celebrated across faiths by ...

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The crop known as the Golden Fiber is Jute. Jute is a long, soft, and shiny natural fibre that can be spun into coarse, ...

The Damodar River, once known as the 'Sorrow of West Bengal', had its devastating annual floods effectively controlled by the DVC project. Know why it is called the 'Sorrow of West Bengal' and the ...

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is ...