Database of Medicinal Plants in India

Tansy flower

Database on Medicinal Plants “Comprehensive Database on Some Important Medicinal Plants havingCentral Council for research in Ayurvedic Sciences successesfully and the data have been displayed in the form of an e-portal entitled “Database on MedicinalPlants” . Afore mentioned e-portal is uploaded on webpage http//:www.nmpb-mpdb.nic.in with the consultation of National Informatics Centre (NIC). Keeping in the mind for all type of searcher, the information in prepared e-portal regarding authors, title of the article, book / journal name, publisher, volume, page no., year etc. for all collected references is fed with user-friendly search option with necessary hyperlinks to guide further. Nearly 33,700 references are collected pertaining to the 16 selected medicinal plants. Out of these, approximately 22,000 reprints / abstracts could so far have been collected. Collected data includes the classical literature from Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy system of medicine as well as modern literature from various books and journals covering basic and applied science like Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, etc. and medicine. The e-portal “Database on Medicinal Plants” will act as a common platform at which maximum possible published information on a particular medicinal plant can be accessed.
High Trade Value” a project sponsored by National Medicinal Plants Board, Department of AYUSH has been executed by

Exotic products such as Kiwi, hazelnuts, asparagus make their way into India plates

NEW DELHI: When Gurgaon resident Avanti Agarwal (name changed) got married this year, dishes made of white asparagus that she had arranged to be served turned out to be a huge hit.

Kiwi is mostly grown in the mid hills of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, J & K, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,Karnataka,Uttarakhand  and Kerala.  Having been very newly introduced in the country estimates of area and production have not yet become available. 

Availability of Kiwi fruit planting material at : http://jkmpic.blogspot.com/2016/12/kiwi-fruit-cultivation-in-india.html

"We had a separate stall serving white asparagus because it is healthier and more nutritious than the green one. Everyone loved the salads and soups made from it," said Avanti who is a vice president with a multinational bank and a health freak. She is also a regular at gourmet stores in the National Capital. Avanti is not an exception and this is not something that's reserved for special occasions. The grocery lists of many households these days have exotic products such as hazelnuts, asparagus, basil and kiwi fruit— products that were barely visible in the country a few years ago and now increasingly appealing to the Indian palette.

Consider this: India imported $270,000 worth of shelled hazelnuts in the first four months of this financial year compared with $150,000 in the whole of 2014-15. Similarly, asparagus imports have already crossed $160,000 compared with $400,000 last year. Imports of herbs such as rosemary and basil, the foreign cousin of the desi tulsi plant, have more than doubled to $3.5 million in this period from the whole of 2014-15.

Purchases of exotic fruit, vegetables, oils and other ingredients are increasing, thanks to higher incomes, the opening up of gourmet food stores and the rising number of Indians travelling abroad and bringing new tastes back home. Add to this, cookery shows -- both Indian and foreign – that have exposed the upper middle-class to a range of ingredients and dishes so much that the level of experimentation has gone up dramatically.

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5th death anniversary of Prof. (Dr) S. Jalal

Jahan-I-Nau donates Medical Books to SKIMS Soura on the 5th death anniversary of Prof. (Dr) S.
Jalal.

Flood Helpline No's of Kerala

Kerala floods: Helpline numbers, emergency contact details, and how you can help with donations,

Flood Helpline

supplies, medicines

Kerala has been ravaged by unprecedented floods following torrential rains that also triggered landslides, claiming 97 lives since 8 August besides disrupting air, rail and road traffic in several places. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had on 12 August undertook an aerial survey of the floot-hit regions and announced an immediate central assistance of Rs 100 crore to the state for relief works.

The Kerala government has put out appeals for financial donations and essential items for thousands of displaced people, living in relief camps around the state.

Here's how you can help those affected by the Kerala floods:

Contribute through the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF)

The chief minister's office released a letter appealing for help to rebuild the lives of people affected by the floods in Kerala. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, "We have an important task before us, the task of bringing life back to normalcy."
Direct link: https: donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in

Donations can be made through cheques or demand drafts (DD), or internet banking. Address for cheques: The Principal Secretary (Finance) Treasurer, Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram – 1;

To contribute online -

Account number: 67319948232
Bank: State Bank of India
Branch: City branch, Thiruvananthapuram
IFS Code: SBIN0070028
PAN: AAAGD0584M
Name of Donee: CMDRF
The chief minister's office has also released helpline numbers.

Kasargod: 9446601700
Kannur: 91-944-668-2300
Kozhikode: 91-944-653-8900
Wayanad: 91-807-840-9770
Malappuram: 91-938-346-3212
Malappuram: 91-938-346-4212
Thrissur: 91-944-707-4424
Thrissur: 91-487-236-3424
Palakkad: 91-830-180-3282
Ernakulam: 91-790-220-0400
Ernakulam: 91-790-220-0300
Alappuzha: 91-477-223-8630
Alappuzha: 91-949-500-3630
Alappuzha: 91-949-500-3640
Idukki: 91-906-156-6111
Idukki: 91-938-346-3036
Kottayam: 91-944-656-2236
Kottayam: 91-944-656-2236
Pathanamthitta: 91-807-880-8915
Kollam: 91-944-767-7800
Thiruvananthapuram: 91-949-771-1281