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Chanderi Sari Guide for Indian Women: Elegance, Draping, and Effortless Styling

What Makes Chanderi Different From Every Other Sari You OwnChanderi fabric comes from a single town, Chanderi, in Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar district, and the weave has been running there for roughly 2,500 years. What makes it recognisable is the combination of silk warp threads and cotton weft, sometimes pure silk,…

Times Life · Jul 19

Patel Engineering achieves breakthrough in 12-km irrigation tunnel project in MP

Patel Engineering announced a breakthrough in Madhya Pradesh's longest irrigation tunnel project. This 12-km tunnel is part of the Sleemanabad Carrier Canal project. The project faced significant geological and hydrological challenges during excavation. Upon completion, the canal will irrigate 245,000 hectares of land. It will also supply water to Jabalpur…

The Economic Times · Jul 18

Bug bounty: MP forest department pays villagers Rs 2 per pest to save sal trees

Madhya Pradesh forest department offers villagers a bounty for collecting sal borer beetles. This unique conservation drive involves children, women, and elderly villagers actively participating. Over eleven lakh sal borers have been collected so far from designated trap trees. This initiative aims to protect vast stretches of vital sal forests…

The Economic Times · Jul 18

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate 13 redeveloped railway stations in Madhya Pradesh on July 17

The stations in MP include Sanchi, Vidisha, Ashoknagar and Shivpuri under the Bhopal division, and Beohari of the Jabalpur division within West Central Railway (WCR)'s network, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Jabalpur-headquartered WCR, Harshit Shrivastava.

The Economic Times · Jul 16

How Indian Leopards Have Mastered Different Hunting Strategies Across Forests, Scrublands, and Rocky Terrain

The Biological Toolkit That Makes Terrain Adaptation PossibleThe Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) has the broadest prey-weight range of any large felid in Asia. Documented kills in India span from small hares and peafowl to adult sambar stags exceeding 200 kg, a range no other solitary cat on the subcontinent…

Times Life · Jul 15

Why These Indian Forts Are the Most Magical Places to Visit This Monsoon?

Monsoon has a way of changing everything. The same forts that stand under the blazing summer sun suddenly become cooler, greener, and almost magical after the first spell of rain. Ancient stone walls glisten, hills turn lush, clouds drift through towering gateways, and every viewpoint feels like a scene from…

MyLifeXP · Jul 14

How a Sloth Bear Mother Carries and Protects Her Cubs in Ways No Other Bear Does

The Only Bear That Carries Its YoungOf all the world's eight bear species, only the sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, routinely carries cubs on her back, and she does it not for a few minutes but for months at a stretch. Cubs begin riding at around four to six weeks of…

Times Life · Jul 14

Spain's Submer Group to invest $2 billion in semiconductor industry in Madhya Pradesh

Spain's Submer Group announced a significant USD 2 billion investment in Madhya Pradesh. This substantial investment will foster growth within the region's semiconductor industry. The initiative is expected to generate approximately 5,000 direct employment opportunities for local residents. Land for a data center project was swiftly allotted within six days.

The Economic Times · Jul 13

How a missing veena helped solve a 900-year-old mystery

A 12th-century sculpture, long misidentified as Saraswati, is now recognized as goddess Gayatri. Advanced digital documentation revealed iconographic details previously unnoticed for centuries. The red sandstone idol, found in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, depicts Gayatri with specific attributes. Its rediscovery restores a forgotten aspect of India's artistic and religious heritage. This…

The Economic Times · Jul 13

SC to hear pleas against MP HC verdict holding Bhojshala complex as Goddess Saraswati temple

The Supreme Court will hear appeals challenging a High Court order on the Bhojshala complex. This order declared the disputed site a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It also cancelled the Muslim community's Friday prayer rights at the monument. The Madhya Pradesh High Court left administration decisions to the Centre…

The Economic Times · Jul 13