Mann Ki Baat · 28 July 2024
Episode 112 featured India's Maths Olympiad team, Assam's Charaideo Moidams becoming a World Heritage Site, block-printing women in Rohtak, and village communities helping to protect tigers in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
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Group
Six students, Aditya Venkat Ganesh, Siddharth Chopra, Arjun Gupta, Kanav Talwar, Rushil Mathur and Anando Bhaduri, who won four gold medals and one silver at the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad, placing India in the top five of more than 100 countries. They spoke to the Prime Minister about how they came to love maths.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Place · Charaideo, Assam
The burial mounds of the Ahom kings at Charaideo, their first capital, were being added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as India's 43rd site and the first in the North East. Each moidam is an earth-covered mound with chambers beneath.
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Group · Rohtak, Haryana
More than 250 women in Rohtak district who once ran small shops or did odd jobs joined a self-help group, trained in block printing and dyeing, and now earn well from the bedcovers, saris and dupattas they make.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Ranthambore, Rajasthan
Villagers around Ranthambore have pledged not to take axes into the forest or cut trees. The campaign, which began locally, is helping the forest grow back and giving tigers a better habitat.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
Gond and Mana tribal families living around the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve have turned to eco-tourism and reduced their dependence on the forest, leaving more room for tigers.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Nallamala hills, Andhra Pradesh
Members of the Chenchu tribe in the Nallamala hills work as tiger trackers, gathering detailed knowledge of wildlife movements in the forest and keeping watch for illegal activity.
As described in Mann Ki Baat