School students turn teachers for Daan Utsav
The Hindu
Two class IX students take tie-and-dye workshop for underprivileged children
Sisters Anvi Shah and Anya Shah least expected that an art activity remembered from Class VII would break the monotony resulting from the pandemic.
Under their brand “Anvy” (a name derived from letters in both their names, and one that suggests the idea of positivity, in Sanskrit), the twins run a tie-and-dye workshop for unprivileged children, for the Sethu Foundation as part of Twinklers.
Twinklers is an initiative by Ladies Circle MSLC 133 being run for Daan Utsav.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











