Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the country's first 'Lavendar festival' at Jammu's Bhaderwah where the cultivation of lavender has transformed the economy of the mountainous area.
The National Geographic Society has installed the "highest weather station in the world" on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 meters to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.
Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bangladesh's educational charity 'Bidanando', has been selected for the United Kingdom's Commonwealth Points of Light Award.
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