KHEKSA- The Divine Vegetable
Kheksa is taxonomically known as Momordica dioica. It is commonly known as Kheksa, Spiny gourd, bristly Balsam pear, and Prickly carolaho, Kantola etc. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Kheksa is taxonomically known as Momordica dioica. It is commonly known as Kheksa, Spiny gourd, bristly Balsam pear, and Prickly carolaho, Kantola etc. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.
It is reported that about 30 million tones of dry leaves are dumped into landfills every year in America. In India most of these leaves are either burnt on the floor where they fall or collected by poor people and stored for burning during winter season to generate heat.
Nearly half of the planet’s plant and animal species live in Rainforests. Less than 2.5 billion acres of Tropical Forest have remained out of four billion acres on the Earth within a few hundred years.
The engineer couple of Chandigarh, Punjab has established a biogas plant in Barsana. From this plant about 300 unit electricity is generated per day. It is through this electricity that fourteen tube wells are run in the Goshalas.
We have damaged ecosystems in the name of development. Wildlife too is facing danger. Our activities have impacted in such ways that animal population has fallen into a serious zone of danger.
The whole world is worried due to the new variant of corona Omicron. The era of lockdowns has again started because Omicron is seen as more deadly variant. WHO has declared that it disseminates faster and is more dangerous. Everyone has been warned to strengthen securities.
When a new plant is developed or caused to develop through stem, root or leaf the method is called as vegetative reproduction. In other words, vegetative reproduction means- reproduction through anyone of the vegetative parts of the plant.
All those processes that maintain the body of an organism collectively are called as life processes. These processes principally include Nutrition, Respiration, Internal Transport, and Excretion. Some other processes of life like control and coordination, Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution etc. are essentially found in living beings but they are not directly related to processes of life. Hence, these may or may not be regarded as life processes
Working time is the time when a person remains busy in doing some work. It may be the part of his daily routine when he has to do something either assigned by an organisation or by his own plan of work.
These birds used to fly in and around our houses about some decades ago. But these birds are very rarely seen in our surroundings.
Days have gone when students felt it very hard for them to have a friendly talk with their teachers. There were miles of hesitations between a students and teachers.
In the classroom set up many students were so shy and hesitant that they even did not lift up their hands to answer a question even when they knew it properly.











