The story starts in southern China, in 1826, when Charles Telfair, a plant collector and resident of Mauritius, took a fancy to some banana plants he had spied on his travels. Activity ...

(MENAFN- IANS) port Louis, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam, planted a tree at the Botanical Garden in Mauritius on Tuesday ...

PM Modi previously participated in a similar tree plantation drive during his visit to Guyana. Due to his sustained efforts, over 1 billion trees have been planted across India, with the ...