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Kerala Flood 2019

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Kerala Flood 2019                                                      Over 100 people have been killed and lakhs displaced in Kerala which has witnessed widescale devastation due to ravaging floods. Several areas remain inundated as rescue teams including the Army, Navy, NDRF, SDRF  work on war scale to provide relief and rescue people hit by the deluge. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has announced Rs 10,000  immediate assistance to flood-affected families.  Those who have lost their homes and land would be given Rs 10 lakh, while those whose houses had been destroyed or damaged would get Rs 4 lakh, CM Vijayan told reporters after a Cabinet meeting.  Meanwhile, the weather department has issued red alert  in districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode, and Orange alert has been issued in districts of Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod for Wednesday.  Wayanad, Kozhikode, Idukki and Malappuram were some of the worst-hit districts.  In last few days Malappuram distri
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Medicinal plants growing in bare areas.

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Plants have been used for thousands of years to flavor and conserve food,to treat health disorders and to prevent diseases including epidemics. The knowledge of their healing properties has been transmitted  over the centuries within and among human communities. Active compounds produced during secondary vegetal metabolism are usually responsible for the biological properties of some plant species used throughout the globe for various purposes, including treatment of infectious diseases. Kerala is famous for traditional herbal medicine which is based on plant extracts.Recently, there is increasing tendency to use traditional medicine unlike modern synthetic medicine. Sida rhambifolia Medicinal plants have been identified and used  throughout human history. Plants have the ability to synthesize a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological functions and to defend against attack from predators such as insects, fungi and herbivorous mamm
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Beauty of the nature

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There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Rachel Carson
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