The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) has organized a festival to promote Lavender on 25-26 May at Bhaderwah (Doda district) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Madras High Court has invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" to declare Mother Nature as a Living Being with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person, in order to preserve and conserve them.