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1 week, 2 days ago

Malaiyaha Tamils of Sri Lanka: Shackled to a legacy of tea, toil for 200 years

NUWARA ELIYA: Sixty-three-year-old Natesan Jayaraman, in his 44 years of working in a tea plantation, has learnt that avoiding unnecessary conversations is a useful strategy that kept him away from trouble with his kanganis and dorais. Jayaraman, a Malaiyaha Tamil whose ancestors were brought from India to work in tea estates, started working in a plantation when he was 18 …

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1 week, 4 days ago

The burial site of the people Andrew Jackson enslaved was lost. The Hermitage says it is found

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt University, said that when he first came to Nashville 22 years ago, the film shown to visitors at The Hermitage did not …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

MPCB recommends road repair, maintenance & plantation to curb air pollution in Wagholi

Hindustan Times

Based on air quality monitoring data during summer and after the monsoon, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board recommended that road repair and maintenance and plantation work are necessary to curb air pollution in Wagholi. The MPCB submitted its action taken report in October 2024 in which it said that the continuous ambient air quality monitoring carried out for 24 hours …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

‘Every devotee will be served same prasadam during Shiroor Mutt paryaya’

The Hindu

Udupi Shiroor Mutt seer Vedavardhana Tirtha Swami performed the bale muhoorta on Friday at the mutt’s 1.5 acre orchard to raise a banana plantation for supplying plantain leaf for his forthcoming Paryaya from January 2026 in Udupi. Speaking after performing the muhoorta at 7 am, the seer said the mutt would accord prominence for Annadaana during the Paryaya from January …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Virtusa Foundation Conducts Miyawaki Plantation Drive to Combat Climate Change at Indian Universities

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Virtusa Foundation, the CSR arm of Virtusa Corporation, has launched a large-scale Miyawaki plantation Drive at Gitam University and Guru Nanak University, planting over 11,500 native saplings. This initiative promotes biodiversity, combats climate change, and fosters sustainable urban ecosystems, further strengthening Virtusa’s leadership in corporate environmental responsibility. This plantation reflects Virtusa’s dedication to integrating sustainable practices into its core …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

How India’s Green Credit Programme has Reopened Old Wounds for Adivasis in Gujarat’s Dang

The Hindu

Published : Dec 06, 2024 12:27 IST - 8 MINS READ As you leave behind the burgeoning Vansda city in the swiftly urbanising Valsad district, you cross over to The Dangs, Gujarat’s most forested region. Recently, compensatory afforestation drives, under older legislations such as the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 and the newly notified Green Credit Programme 2023, are being …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

The dark side of Dubai: Property developer Ryan Cornelius loved his life in the Gulf - until he was arrested in 2008 and sent to prison for 30 years. Now his wife tells their shocking story...

Daily Mail

When Heather Cornelius first learned that her husband Ryan had been arrested in Dubai, initially charged with money-laundering after the state bank claimed he had misused a multimillion-dollar loan, she was, she says, ‘a complete wreck, crying all the time’. I promised the children every year that, this Christmas, we’d have Dad home – and I always believed it.’ Dubai …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dharmveer Dairu: Son of the soil

New Indian Express

PUNJAB : Located between the Ravi and Beas rivers, the small city of Pathankot in Punjab was home to a tree plantation drive aimed at restoring the ecological balance that had been disrupted by extensive mining and deforestation. It was at this juncture then that a young Indian Forest Service officer Dharmveer Dairu was posted as Divisional Forest Officer of …

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African Americans sent ‘report to the plantation’ racist text messages

The Telegraph

An FBI investigation has been launched after racist texts were sent to African Americans in the wake of the presidential election. The anonymous messages, which were also sent to children and mentioned some of them by name, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessee. The contents of the “horrific” text messages varied, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rifle-wielding man with antisemitic 'manifesto' arrested for threatening Democrat: report

Raw Story

A man has been arrested for threatening Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Politico reported Friday. “I am deeply worried about Congressional member security and the significant lack thereof when we are in the district,” wrote Moskowitz in a social media post disclosing the incident. “Regardless of our political affiliations or differences, we all have families we want to keep safe.” The suspect …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump effect? Racist texts summoning Black people to slavery sent across US, reads ‘Report to cotton plantation…’

Live Mint

Donald Trump wins US Elections: A disturbing wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to “report for slavery” has raised alarms across the United States, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation. Racist Texts Referencing President-elect Trump The text messages followed a chilling pattern, addressing recipients by name and instructing them to “report to a plantation to pick cotton,” …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

FBI 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday they were each “aware” of racist and alarming text messages being sent to recipients, many of whom are Black college students, in the wake of the election. “Leaders at all levels must condemn anti-Black racism, in any form, whenever we see it — and we …

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'Executive slaves': Wave of racist 'plantation' texts reportedly sent out after election

Raw Story

A wave of racist text messages reportedly went out following Donald Trump's election win this week. At least one University of Alabama student and a Virginia photojournalist were among many nationwide who received text messages Wednesday asking them to report to a plantation to pick cotton, reported The Crimson White and WVEC-TV. You are in plantation group W." Recipients posted …

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'Executive slaves': Wave of racist 'plantation' texts reportedly sent out after election

Raw Story

A wave of racist text messages reportedly went out following Donald Trump's election win this week. At least one University of Alabama student and a Virginia photojournalist were among many nationwide who received text messages Wednesday asking them to report to a plantation to pick cotton, reported The Crimson White and WVEC-TV. You are in plantation group W." Recipients posted …

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Wife's Revenge: Murderer's Wife and Associates Plot and Execute Murder of Businessman for Rs 8 Crore

Deccan Chronicle

A couple in Karnataka, Ramesh and Niharika, have been arrested for the murder of Ramesh's financial advisor, Nikhil. The couple, along with Nikhil's accomplice, Ankur, planned and carried out the murder due to a financial dispute. The body of Ramesh was found 800 km away from Suntikoppa, and the investigation led to the arrest of the three individuals. The case …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manjolai Tea Estates Case: High Court to Decide on Future of Tea Plantations

The Hindu

The Madras High Court is set to hear final arguments in the Manjolai tea estates case, with the fate of the 99-year-long lease hanging in the balance. The case revolves around the question of whether the tea estates can continue to operate in the reserve forest area, with the workers' livelihoods and the environment at stake.

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3 months, 1 week ago

Conference on plantations on September 20 and 21 in Coonoor

The Hindu

Use of Artificial Intelligence in various processes in the plantation industry will be discussed at the annual meeting of the United Planters’ Association of Southern India to be held in Coonoor on September 20 and 21. C. Shreedharan, president of UPASI, in press release issued at Coonoor stated that in the 131th annual conference of the association there will be …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

NHAI amends policy on tree plantation along highways

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India has amended its policy for the plantation along the highways. The revised policy also states that the cost of proposed plantation or transplantation works should be estimated precisely by assessing the number of trees that can be planted in the land available, following the guidelines on spacing of rows and trees duly. …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

HC allows felling of 2,652 mangroves for two new lines on western railway

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court last week permitted the Western Railway to fell 2,612 mangroves for the construction of the 5th and 6th railway lines between Borivali and Virar stations. While approving the proposal, the high court has further directed the WR to file an undertaking stating that Western Railway will complete the plantation and maintenance of 7,823 mangroves near …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Horrified husband finds his lifeless wife half EATEN by a 16ft python

Daily Mail

A horrified husband found his lifeless wife half eaten by a mammoth 16ft python, before furious locals hunted the snake down and killed it. The 16ft snake easily overpowered the struggling petite woman and wrapped itself around her body. A mob of vengeful residents later arrived at the scene to hunt down the python and killed it A grandmother was …

Snake Her Body Python Eaten Hapsah Residents Later Safri

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vana Mahotsavam 2024: plantation drives launched across Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu

The Andhra Pradesh government initiated the ‘Vana Mahotsavam 2024’ programme across the State on Friday, calling on the general public to plant saplings in large numbers, to increase the green cover in the State, protect forests, and ensure a sustainable environment for future generations. As part of the programme, the Forest Department of Kurnool district launched a special drive, ‘Plant …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launches one-crore sapling plantation drive at Vanamahotsavam

The Hindu

‘Nagaravanams’ would be established in all the Assembly constituencies wherein Miyawaki technic-based dense forest would be developed with the funds available with the Forest Department and MGNREGA, says the Chief Minister Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the one-crore sapling plantation drive across all the districts in the State, at the Vanamahotsavam programme, at Mangalagiri forest on August 30, Friday. …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vast tracts of areca plantation hit by fruit-rot, growers demand compensation in Shivamogga

The Hindu

Heavy rain that lashed the Malnad region in the last two months has left areca growers worried as vast tracts of areca plantations are affected by fruit rot disease, a fungal infection. The officers of the Horticulture Department conducted a survey to assess the impact of fruit-rot disease in Shivamogga district. In Tirthahalli taluk, a traditional areca growing area, alone …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Calls for Mass Tree Plantation Drive

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan called on every citizen to actively participate in the ‘Vana Mahotsavam’ programme initiated by the Andhra Pradesh government across the state on Friday in Vijayawada. The Deputy Chief Minister urged people to take this as a social responsibility and plant saplings in large numbers across state. Underlining the importance of planting indigenous saplings, …

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Malaiyaha Tamils of Sri Lanka: Shackled to a legacy of tea, toil for 200 years

The burial site of the people Andrew Jackson enslaved was lost. The Hermitage says it is found

MPCB recommends road repair, maintenance & plantation to curb air pollution in Wagholi

‘Every devotee will be served same prasadam during Shiroor Mutt paryaya’

Virtusa Foundation Conducts Miyawaki Plantation Drive to Combat Climate Change at Indian Universities

How India’s Green Credit Programme has Reopened Old Wounds for Adivasis in Gujarat’s Dang

The dark side of Dubai: Property developer Ryan Cornelius loved his life in the Gulf - until he was arrested in 2008 and sent to prison for 30 years. Now his wife tells their shocking story...

Dharmveer Dairu: Son of the soil

African Americans sent ‘report to the plantation’ racist text messages

Rifle-wielding man with antisemitic 'manifesto' arrested for threatening Democrat: report

Donald Trump effect? Racist texts summoning Black people to slavery sent across US, reads ‘Report to cotton plantation…’

FBI 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country

'Executive slaves': Wave of racist 'plantation' texts reportedly sent out after election

'Executive slaves': Wave of racist 'plantation' texts reportedly sent out after election

Wife's Revenge: Murderer's Wife and Associates Plot and Execute Murder of Businessman for Rs 8 Crore

Manjolai Tea Estates Case: High Court to Decide on Future of Tea Plantations

Conference on plantations on September 20 and 21 in Coonoor

NHAI amends policy on tree plantation along highways

HC allows felling of 2,652 mangroves for two new lines on western railway

Horrified husband finds his lifeless wife half EATEN by a 16ft python

Vana Mahotsavam 2024: plantation drives launched across Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launches one-crore sapling plantation drive at Vanamahotsavam

Vast tracts of areca plantation hit by fruit-rot, growers demand compensation in Shivamogga

Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Calls for Mass Tree Plantation Drive