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“Since ancient times, our ancestors have been conserving and managing the forests based on our tribal customary law”, says Dhira Ram, a Bhil tribesman, also the village mukhiya and an environmental activist residing in Som village, close to Phulwari Ki Nal wildlife sanctuary, which is 90 km southwest of Udaipur city under Udaipur district . He recalls, “In 2004, I joined the Van Utthan Sansthan, a federation of forest protection committees in Udaipur district. This is where I began as an activist. I used to be a gavri artist and our group would use folk songs to spread awareness on environment . Villagers in throngs would gather to see our performance in every village we enter, and I travelled with my companions in all the forest villages and the surrounding areas in Jhadol and Phalasiya tehsil.” Dhira Ram is a passionate writer and a singer, and he has been composing most of the songs his troupe sings even today.
Read more: ‘The forest is ours and we are conserving our future’
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Port Blair, Aug 8: Inner Wheel Club (IWC), Port Blair organised 30th Installation Ceremony on 06th August 2022 at Sea Shells Coral Cove Hotel. Inner wheel club is an international women's organization to create friendship, service and understanding. It is situated in over 100 countries with over 100,000 members.
Mrs. Kavita Udhay kumar, Chairperson, PBMC was the Chief Guest and Mrs. Premila Kumari, Zilla Parishad Adhyaksha was the guest of honour in the presence of Mrs. Ratna Kanan, Swami Shudhanand Ji, Chinmaya as special guests at the event.
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Port Blair, Aug. 10: The vaccination drive is continuing smoothly in A&N Islands. As per data available, a total of 6,94,304 doses of vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 18 and above so far. Similarly, 23923 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the age group of 15 to 18 years. 27, 526 beneficiaries in the age group of 12 to 14 years have been administered both doses of vaccine. The number of beneficiaries administered precautionary dose of vaccine so far stood at 162856.
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Chennai, Aug 10: It was a historic day for Indian chess as both the men's and women's teams won bronze medals in the 44th Chess Olympiad on Tuesday.
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Port Blair, Aug. 10: During the RTPCR test conducted on the incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday, one person was found COVID positive. Today, 10 flights with 1598 passengers arrived, out of which, 1444 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 113 passengers and the reports are awaited.