How a 92-year-old in Alappuzha, Kerala, battled physical and emotional handicaps to build a free medicinal sanctuary

The heart of Alappuzha in Kerala, houses a unique green wonder which spreads throughout its endless backwaters, and paddy fields. The five-acre forest known as Tapovanam exists today, because Devaki Amma, now 92, planted each sapling by hand, to create this forest. She has dedicated more than forty years to nurturing trees which she planted…

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Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests

Shayan Sardarizadeh, Richard Irvine-Brown,BBC Verify, Sarah Namjoo,BBC Persian,and Helen Sullivan Watch: Protesters and security forces clash in Iran protests Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as BBC sources and activists report hundreds of protesters have now been killed in an escalating government crackdown. “Things here are very, very bad,” a…

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Teens share their views one month on

Watch: 15-year-old Lulu tracks her social media use following the Australian ban For the first time in years, Amy feels free. One month since Australia’s teen social media ban kicked in, she says she is “disconnected from my phone” and her daily routine has changed. The 14-year-old first felt the pangs of online addiction in…

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